explanation for the slow organizational response to pressure for gender diversity on boards. We bridge the social identity and … directors on boards. These studies, however, cannot explain why, in countries with strong gender equality and pressure for …

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 …

We study shareholder support for corporate board nominees before and after the 2018 California gender quota. Pre …

entrepreneurs. We use detailed survey data from Sweden to study to what extent this gender gap can be explained by gender … entrepreneurs have markedly different psyche than others (8 out of 14 traits differ). However gender differences in traits do not … reduce women's likelihood of being an entrepreneur in a one-sided way. We find that, in aggregate, gender differences in …

Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women's political leadership … increased the number of qualified female candidates without increasing the diversity among women within the group. These results …

amplify the effects of policies and institutions. -- Career choice ; Career incentives ; Gender equality ; Household …