study examines the relationship in the case of women in top executive jobs and on boards of directors. We use data for the … 2500 largest Danish firms observed during the period 1993-2001 and find that the proportion of women in top management jobs … direction of causality. The results show that the positive effects of women in top management depend on the qualifications of …

A vast labor literature has found evidence of a "glass ceiling", whereby women are underrepresented among senior …, prejudice, or systematically biased beliefs about the ability of female managers. Disentangling these theories would require … data on productivity, on the preferences of those who interact with managers, and on perceptions of productivity. Financial …

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 …The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of firms' management ranks help reduce …

the 1992/93 and 1997/98 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys, we investigate average school attendance and child labour in …

structure compared to that of the formal sector. Taking advantage of the VHLSS dataset in Vietnam, in particular its three wave …, we draw conclusions highlighting the Vietnam's labour market specificity. …

relaxes credit constraints. Using longitudinal data for Vietnam from 1993-98, we find that households participating in non …

Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before …

Using the first two waves of the Vietnam Living Standards Survey, we investigate how a father's temporary absence …

Using household data from Vietnam, we provide evidence on the effects of education on freedom of spouse choice. We use … violated locally (the lower bound is six to seven percentage points). The impact of education is strong for women, but …