Replication Data for: Gender, Ethnicity, and Intersectionality: Double-Minorities in Asian Cabinets

What explains cabinet diversity? Contrary to the literature that (1) focuses singularly on
one dimension – i.e., gender or ethnicity or (2) assumes the two dimensions operate in
a zero-sum game, we consider the intersection of the two. We argue we see more
cabinet diversity in general and double-minority ministers – i.e., women from ethnic
minority groups – specifically when (1) there is political competition from minority
groups and (2) there are popular norms about minority inclusion. We test our argument
using original cabinet data from Asia (N=54) 1960-2015. We identify the gender and
ethnicity of 60,000 country-year-minister observations using multiple coders, double
checked against country expert surveys, and tripled verified using local crowdsourcing.
While we find evidence that political competition and popular norms can increase the
proportion of double-minorities, there is a limit on their portfolio prestige. This paper
offers a way to study intersectionality, identity, and institutions.