6/ We also calculated legislative turnover rates and compared them to other secondary sources, finding a correlation of r = 0.83. As most turnover research does not publish the used data, the reasons of these differences can only be inferred.

5/ Our sources are listed in the supplementary material to the dataset, with most of the data stemming from official documents of national electoral bodies. We validated our data by comparing the shares of female legislators with data from the IPU, finding a correlation of r = 0.98.

4/ Furthermore, we identify legislators across elections, with a unique ID for each individual legislator and each observation of a legislator. This allows us to count consecutive parliamentary terms, chamber switching behavior, and much more.

2/ Our comprehensive dataset includes data on elected legislators in 259 elections across 18 Latin American countries since 1978, with more than 30000 observations of more than 20000 unique legislators.

1/ New data descriptor and the associated Latin American Legislators Dataset by @karelkouba.bsky.social and myself out now #OpenAccess in Scientific Data!
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
It is useful for anyone studying parliamentary elite turnover, renewal, reelection and overall professionalization.

4/ This is important especially in Chile 🇨🇱, where such a limit has been imposed in 2020. The country has recently experienced a surge in turnover rates due to changes in the electoral system. As such, it is a great example of the effects of institutional engineering on legislative turnover.

2/ Latin American countries experience extremely high legislative turnover. On average, only 3 in 10 legislators are elected to serve a subsequent term. However, this varies greatly as Chile experiences 53% turnover, while Bolivia has 85%, making it almost a complete renewal with each election.

1/ Which institutional determinants affect legislative turnover in Latin America? Using electoral data since 1985, @karelkouba.bsky.social and myself tackle this question #OpenAccess in the newest issue of Latin American Politics and Society.
👉 doi.org/10.1017/lap....

Glad to be at the #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki. I am thankful for the opportunity to present my paper and the feedback I have received @ecpr.bsky.social