leadership positions. Our results reveal that the gender of the dominant shareholder is key. The chief executive of firms with a …This paper uses worldwide firm-level data to scrutinize the governance factors that favor gender diversity in …

The supply of women into senior management has changed little despite well-intentioned efforts. We argue that the … biggest effect is from supply-side factors that inhibit females' decision to enter competitions: Women are under …-confident about winning, men are over-confident; women are more risk averse than men in some settings; and, most importantly, women …

We ran a field experiment to investigate whether individual performance in teams depends on the gender of the leader … work of the team. We find a positive and significant effect of female leadership on team performance. This effect is driven …

Public speaking is an important skill for career prospects and for leadership positions, but many people tend to avoid … it because it generates anxiety. We run a field experiment to analyze whether in an incentivized setting men and women … while women are more willing to present face-to-face, they are considerably less likely to give a public presentation …

This study examines gender differences in risk-taking behavior among managers in a female-dominated industry. Using … data from international top-level women's soccer, we provide evidence that male coaches show a lower level of risk …-taking than female coaches on average. We also find a U-shaped age effect that is independent of gender, meaning that young and …

Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be … because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern for the quality of their relationships at …. Using matched employer-employee data from 2013-14, the paper finds that the women-don't-ask account is incorrect. Once an …

prioritization of leader competence over gender, boosting the share of women among candidates and state parliamentarians and the … other traits, such as gender? We answer this question by examining the impact of a successful school-expansion program on … the likelihood of women being elected to state legislatures in India. We show that the program increased voter …

Innovative women entrepreneurs can be agents of change and offer novel solutions to global challenges. However, they … face multiple barriers to growing their businesses. This paper reviews the literature on strategies to support women … technology and markets, and contextual factors such as legal and regulatory constraints, social norms, access to care, and gender …

We study the effect on coordination in a minimum-effort game of a leader's gender depending on whether the leader is … benefits of being elected are enjoyed solely by male leaders. However, this gender difference disappears with repeated …

that it is primarily single women that drive the well-established empirical relationship between personal wealth and … business start-ups. Therefore, public policies specifically targeted at relieving the liquidity constraints of women could help …