Berta Esteve-Volart

Assistant Professor at York University

Berta Esteve-Volart is an Assistant Professor at York University in Toronto. She has also been Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. Her research areas are development economics and labour economics, in particular gender-related issues. Her current research focuses on gender bias in selection committees. She obtained her PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and holds an MSc and BSc in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.

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Political competition enhances the quantity and the quality of female legislators

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