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increase in the share of female top managers is associated with subsequent increases in the share of women in mid … female labor forces. We also find that the positive influence of women in top leadership positions on managerial gender …
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The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and economic challenge. Based on evidence presented in Kahanec and Zimmermann (2011), this policy paper proposes an agenda for diversity and minority integration in the European labor...
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This paper analyzes the determinants of women on the boards of directors based on a panel sample of all Danish companies in the private sector with more than 50 employees. The share of women on the boards of directors was 12 percent in 2007 and has only slowly increased during the period...
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This paper studies the turnover of board of directors members in a sample of 72 companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange during the period 1988-1996. We investigate whether board members change more frequently when company performance is poor, as the literature suggests, and whether and how...
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In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited … corporate sector and decrease gender disparity in earnings within that sector. We document that the newly (post …-reform) appointed female board members were observably more qualified than their female predecessors, and that the gender gap in …
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The paper examines if workplace gender diversity offers some explanation for the decline of unions in Britain. Using … between workplace union density and gender diversity. Gender and ownership status based sub-group analyses suggest the inverse … relationship to be stronger for male union members and those in the private sector. Gender group size based analysis reveals a …
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female top managers. …
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This paper attempts to establish empirically the link between workplace gender diversity and employee job-related well … unobserved workplace heterogeneity. I find that gender diversity is associated with lower employee well-being among women in …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between time allocation decisions of the unemployed, gender, and regional …
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lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest …
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