the effects of board gender quotas on women directors. First, we find a positive impact of employee representation before … the reform. We discuss potential mechanisms and implications for the design of co-determination laws and gender quotas. … on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board–director matched panel data for Norway and Germany …

We evaluate equity-efficiency trade-offs from admissions quotas by examining effects on output once beneficiaries start …

We analyze the effect of the introduction of gender quotas in candidate lists on the quality of elected politicians. We … consider an Italian law which introduced gender quotas in local elections in 1993, and was abolished in 1995. As not all … a Difference in Differences estimation to analyze the effect of gender quotas on the quality of elected politicians. We …

Does the composition of governance affect firm outcomes? We exploit the timings and thresholds of a gender quota in … novel design and data on boards, we find that firms forced to comply with the 2011 gender quota in France increased their … updating knowledge. We find that the law is associated with the diversification of boards in terms of gender but also of …

In 2011, Italy introduced gender quotas for boards of directors of companies listed on its stock market. Comparing … the stock price reaction to the introduction of gender quotas. A positive effect of the quota law on stock market returns … emerges at the date of the board's election. Our results are consistent with gender quotas giving rise to a beneficial …

allocation between policy bloc and fringe are both inefficient. When firms buy offsets directly from the fringe and all quotas …. The former (latter) case occurs when free allocation of quotas is not (very) generous, and the offset market is large …

Do policies and institutions that promote women's economic empowerment have a long-term impact on intimate partner …