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Inequality in Political Representation 10.17863/CAM.75706 Lee, Su-Min Aidt, Toke Shvets, julia In many countries the near-universal right to vote in elections has been a core attribute of their democratic institutions for decades, and in some cases over a century. However, the political experience of many of these very countries over the past decade have often alternated between apathy and frustration in these democratic institutions. Stark economic inequalities have mirrored inequalities in political influence, voters observing that elected officials who determine policy are disproportionately from a political elite or establishment. Why, after decades of near-universal voting rights, are only five percent of MPs in the UK House of Commons from the working class, and only one in four legislators in the United States are women? University of Cambridge 2021-04 Thesis Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) eng https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/328256 https://apollo8-f-pro.lib.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/b84f3e91-a5db-4eec-9b15-c44dde73067f/download bb84218f83ffad8a867dcae13f23cd65 https://apollo8-f-pro.lib.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/7a4319e9-a38d-4b0b-87b4-7d9a5f01154c/download 353adac0d1ebdfd65ab16480263c3c87 https://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved/ Economics Political Economy Politics Gender Equality UK Politics US Politics Political Representation Empirical Microeconomics