Replication Data for: Non-Electoral Motivations to Represent Marginalized Groups in a Democracy: Evidence from an unelected legislature
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Do legislators from marginalized groups have non-electoral motivations to represent ‘their’ group? Previous observational and experimental research on this question focuses on elected politicians and is thus unable to isolate representation absent a desire to win re-election. We address this limitation by observing the decision-making of appointed legislators who, by institutional design, have no personal re-election motive. We administered to Canadian senators and their staff a novel survey instrument that captured how they prioritized learning about the policy opinions of various groups of citizens. We show that senators’ group identities—specifically, those associated with racial and regional minorities—influenced which group’s views they chose to learn about. The findings refine the central conclusion of the literature and have impl' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["marginalized groups","representation","unelected legislators"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Do legislators from marginalized groups have non-electoral motivations to represent ‘their’ group? Previous observational and experimental research on this question focuses on elected politicians and is thus unable to isolate representation absent a desire to win re-election. We address this limitation by observing the decision-making of appointed legislators who, by institutional design, have no personal re-election motive. We administered to Canadian senators and their staff a novel survey instrument that captured how they prioritized learning about the policy opinions of various groups of citizens. We show that senators’ group identities—specifically, those associated with racial and regional minorities—influenced which group’s views they chose to learn about. The findings refine the central conclusion of the literature and have impl' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
Do legislators from marginalized groups have non-electoral motivations to represent ‘their’ group? Previous observational and experimental research on this question focuses on elected politicians and is thus unable to isolate representation absent a desire to win re-election. We address this limitation by observing the decision-making of appointed legislators who, by institutional design, have no personal re-election motive. We administered to Canadian senators and their staff a novel survey instrument that captured how they prioritized learning about the policy opinions of various groups of citizens. We show that senators’ group identities—specifically, those associated with racial and regional minorities—influenced which group’s views they chose to learn about. The findings refine the central conclusion of the literature and have impl
marginalized groups; representation; unelected legislators