Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden

Timothy Besley; Olle Folke; Torsten Persson; Johanna Rickne (2017) · American Economic Review

Published

October 10, 2026

import sys
from pathlib import Path

ROOT = next(
    p for p in [Path.cwd(), *Path.cwd().parents]
    if (p / "scripts/tranche50_report.py").exists()
)
sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "scripts"))
from tranche50_report import report
report("aeraej-9", tranche="tranche150")

Template assessment

The deposited Table 4 Stata regressions use qb_post_quota, quota bite multiplied by the post-quota indicator. Quota bite is continuous. Replacing it with a treated/untreated indicator would change the source specification.

No comparison point or homogeneity-test decision is assigned to this paper.