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What are ways to encourage citizens to run for office? With support from J-PAL's #GovernanceInitiative and @FCDOREDGCSD, @saadgulzar and @yasirmkh looked into it in #Pakistan. Read more below ⬇️
🚨 Just accepted at @RevEconStudies 🚨
with @yasirmkh
We study ordinary people's entry into politics as candidates in a field exp. We show that portraying the job as a prosocial one increases the chances they run & win. Subsequently, policy aligns more with citizen preferences.