Effects of age and tenure on MPs' legislative behaviour in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F19%3A10400829" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/19:10400829 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Z9YGmvs3ck" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Z9YGmvs3ck</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2019.1697049" target="_blank" >10.1080/13572334.2019.1697049</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effects of age and tenure on MPs' legislative behaviour in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Democratic regimes are based on the idea of reflecting the public's plurality of opinions. However, parliamentary representation of some groups of citizens is inadequate. Unlike the underrepresentation of women or ethnic minorities, insufficient participation of young and old age cohorts has not received enough attention yet. To enrich public debate, I scrutinise effects of age and tenure on MPs' parliamentary performance. I utilise a large-N quantitative study of the legislative behaviour of deputies in the Czech Republic from 1996 to 2017. The results suggest that the legislators' age affects their voting attendance and activity positively, while tenure does so in a negative direction. Older MPs propose more bills and more experienced representatives address more speeches compared to their younger colleagues and novices, respectively. Moreover, the MPs' age and tenure positively influence their gains of praesidium posts in intra-parliamentary bodies. Considering the results implying that age influences MPs' parliamentary performance, more equal parliamentary representation of different age cohorts is a justifiable goal.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
The Journal of Legislative Studies
ISSN
1357-2334
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
25
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
23
Pages from-to
553-575
UT code for WoS article
000505116000006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85075730930