. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative measures of gender diversity, and several performance indicators, we …This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique … find some evidence that companies with gender-diverse boards have higher market values and better profitability. These …

We use a meta-analysis to summarize the recent literature evaluating effects of the introduction of gender quotas on …

across 41 advanced and emerging European economies. We demonstrate that gender board diversity has generally increased, yet … frameworks to demonstrate that few systematic factors are associated with greater gender diversity for both supervisory and …-level gender equality and cultural institutions exhibit differentiated correlations with the presence of women directors in …

on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board-director matched panel data for Norway and Germany … the gender quota reform on gender diversity. Second, although the Norwegian gender quota has increased the probability of …, when a Norwegian board gender quota came into effect. We present two novel results that challenge previous thinking about …

The paper explores the impact of the gender composition of Boards of Directors on gender diversity and earnings gaps … positive spillovers on the gender gaps within the firms. Quality is viewed as the power, conceptualized as the possible … negative impact. However, male directors' connections to females positively decrease the gender gaps. Interestingly, the …

and proceeded until the beginning of 2015, when the German parliament enacted a board gender quota. In that period, the … investigate whether the rise in female board representation was accompanied by a change in gender differences in board member …

We study the gender pay gap in the labor market for CEOs by analysing 1,174 outsider CEO successions over the past … marked gender differences in the pay structure: namely, women CEOs receive a lower proportion of fixed to total compensation …. The model also suggests that a more balanced gender composition in companies' boards can help women close the gap in pay …

renewals across firms, we evaluate the effect of the board gender composition on measures of gender diversity in top positions …Over the last decade, several countries have followed the Norwegian example and introduced laws mandating gender quota … in gender quota that remain effective for three consecutive board renewals of listed limited liability firms. We link …