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040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC
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050	0	0	_aHQ1237.5.E85
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100	1		_aProfeta, Paola, _d1972- _eauthor. _964584
245	1	0	_aGender equality and public policy : _bmeasuring progress in Europe / _cPaola Profeta.
263			_a2012
264		1	_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2020.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"When the introduction of board gender quotas was first discussed in Italy a decade ago, those in favor of quotas relied on nonacademic results from consultancy companies claiming that a higher share of women would "lead" to substantial better performance. The arguments against gender quotas were dominated by the defense of "meritocracy", arguing that quotas contravene meritocracy because they risk promoting less qualified individuals and thus reducing the quality of board members. I was puzzled. The argument in favor was not convincing, since it was based on a simple correlation, which is different from causality. The one against was misplaced: Why do we talk about the quality of women if the quality of men has never been an issue? Moreover, since highly qualified women are abundant, why should the promotion of women reduce quality? At that time, together with some co-authors, I contributed to the production of new evidence in the political sphere, showing in a causal way (i.e., using a rigorous analysis) that the introduction of gender quotas in candidate lists increased - rather than decreased - the quality of elected politicians. The rationale for gender quotas changed: policy-makers stopped using unreliable correlations between female representation and performance to justify gender quotas and realized that gender quotas do not contravene meritocracy but rather enhance it"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
650		0	_aSex discrimination against women _zEurope. _964585
650		0	_aWomen _xEmployment _zEurope. _964586
650		0	_aWomen's rights _zEurope. _964587
650		0	_aSex role _zEurope. _964588
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aProfeta, Paola, 1959- _tGender equality and public policy _dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2020. _z9781108423359 _w(DLC) 2019042177
856			_3 Cambridge University Press _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108525886
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