Female Mayors and Women in Municipal Jobs

Analysts and political activists have expressed considerable interest in female representation in elective office, but very little is yet known about the impacts of female officeholding. This analysis examines the effect of female mayors on the governmental output of female employment in municipal bureaucracies in a national sample of cities. The findings suggest that a variety of supply and demand factors play a role in determining a given level of female employment representation, but that the presence of a female mayor is also significant, especially in regard to changes in employment representation.