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Gender quotas on boards of directors : little evidence that gender quotas for women on boards of directors improve firm performance

Smith, Nina - 2014

Arguments for increasing gender diversity on boards of directors range from ensuring equal opportunity to improving … firm performance, but the empirical results are mixed and often negative. Current research does not justify gender quotas …

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Career Interruptions Due to Parental Leave : A Comparative Study of Denmark and Sweden

Pylkkänen, Elina - 2003

Parental leave mandates are associated with high female employment rates, but with reductions in relative female wages if leave is of extended durations. If fathers were given longer periods of leave, would it shorten the career breaks of women? We analyze the impact of family policies of...

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Closing or reproducing the gender gap? : parental transmission, social norms and education choice

Humlum, Maria Knoth; Nandrup, Anne Brink; Smith, Nina - In: Journal of population economics 32 (2019) 2, pp. 455-500

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The gender pay gap in top corporate jobs in Denmark: Glass ceilings, sticky floors or both?

Smith, Nina; Smith, Valdemar; Verne, Mette - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) May, pp. 156-177

Purpose – This study aims to analyse the gender pay gap among CEOs, VPs and potential top executives. The authors seek … characteristics and time-invariant characteristics, there still exists a large gender compensation gap among top executives in Denmark … selected group of CEOs, the corrected gender gap decreased slightly. Research limitations/implications – The study does not …

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The gender pay gap in top corporate jobs in Denmark

Smith, Nina; Smith, Valdemar; Verne, Mette - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) 2, pp. 156-177

Purpose – This study aims to analyse the gender pay gap among CEOs, VPs and potential top executives. The authors seek … characteristics and time‐invariant characteristics, there still exists a large gender compensation gap among top executives in Denmark … selected group of CEOs, the corrected gender gap decreased slightly. Research limitations/implications – The study does not …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783412