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-listed banks belonging to listed groups or along other board diversity dimensions. Using administrative data, we compare diversity … introduction of the law, in a difference-in-differences specifi- cation. We find that the imposition of the gender quota only … non-listed banks in listed groups. The law enhanced diversity of boards of listed banks, also along individual …
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We study the relation between board gender diversity and initial public offering (IPO) price formation. We find that … institutional investor demand for board gender diversity. We find evidence that underwriters with greater network centrality are … better able to incorporate information about investor preferences for board gender diversity into IPO prices, reducing the …
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In 2020, the average total director compensation in U.S. listed companies stood at $450,680, 6.67 times the median household income. Company pairs with shared directors have more similar pay than can be explained by size, industry, and performance. Following a landmark Delaware court ruling that...
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non-cognitive skills, with gender gaps in entrepreneurial performance in Africa. We have found that while financial …
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Using a two-stage decomposition technique, this paper analyzes the role of occupational segregation in explaining the probability of women vis-'a-vis men of finding high-paying jobs over the life-cycle. Jobs are classified as highly-remunerated if their compensation exceeds a threshold, which is...
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We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days …
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We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working … in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is … - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to three percentage-points lower for hourly wages in female …
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This paper analyzes the role of networks in the access of female entrepreneurs to start-up capital and firm performance in Eswatini, a country with one of the highest female unemployment rates in Africa. The paper first shows that higher initial capital is associated with better sales...
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two studies. In the first study, gender stereotyping is examined using the Schein Descriptive Index, based on a Saudi …
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This paper focuses on women leaders’ self-views linked to their gender and leader identities. In particular, we examine … perceive an incongruity between their gender and professional identities. Applying structural equation modeling techniques on a … positive gender identity. We found that positive gender identity reduced identity conflict of women leaders. Moreover, compared …
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