This paper investigates how direct election regimes (à la presidential democracy) affect the selection of women into …

differ in the presence of women among employee representatives. Our findings suggest that having female representatives at … the bargaining table can help transform workplaces to better meet women’s needs and ultimately close the gender gap. …

We analyze the effect of the coach's gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National …

Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women’s careers … around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms? Using longitudinal … that expanded paid leave from 30 weeks in 1989 to 52 weeks in 1993. The representation of women in top positions has only …

We explore the role of financial and pension information in increasing women's knowledge and awareness of their future … pension status, and consequently, in reducing the gender pension gap. A representative sample of 1249 Italian working women … then ran a randomized experiment to evaluate the effect of increased information regarding pensions on women’s awareness …

be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and …, preventing women from actually moving abroad. …