Binding quotas can help achieve gender equality in top decision-making bodies

by Katharina Wrohlich

Gender equality is a deciding factor for economic growth in the European Union. Proportion of women on executive committees of publicly traded companies is an important component of gender equality policies. Proportion of women on executive committees is significantly higher in member states with a binding quota than in those without. A binding EU-wide regulation could promote gender equality in all member states

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Year of publication:	2019
Authors:	Wrohlich, Katharina
Published in:	DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a policy bulletin from the German Institute for Economic Research. - Berlin : DIW, ISSN 2568-7697, ZDB-ID 2916740-1. - Vol. 9.2019, 16/18, p. 154-155
Subject:	board diversity \| gender equality \| gender quota \| Gleichberechtigung \| Gender equality \| Weibliche Führungskräfte \| Women managers \| Geschlecht \| Gender \| Geschlechterdiskriminierung \| Gender discrimination \| Diversity Management \| Diversity management

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.18723/diw_dwr:2019-16-3 [DOI]
Classification:	d22 ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; J78 - Public Policy ; M14 - Corporate Culture; Social Responsibility ; M51 - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions (hiring, firing, turnover, part-time, temporary workers, seniority issues)
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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