We present results from a unique nationwide survey conducted in Sweden on sexual orientation and job satisfaction. Our …

conformity in groups with varying gender composition. Overall, our experiments offer little evidence that gender composition …

performance from an exogenous change in female board participation in Sweden. We use the credible threat, aimed at listed firms …

empirically supported by a declining gap over time, and following the introduction of a gender quota in Sweden. … relative or spouse. We provide a theoretical explanation for this dynastic bias in gender representation that integrates … candidate-level data from Ireland and Sweden support the idea that dynastic ties help women overcome a vote disadvantage in …

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

We show that increasing the intensity of product market competition can reduce discrimination against female managers … ceiling effect, female managers will, on average, be more skilled than male managers and will therefore, on average, be more … (i) more intense competition leads to relatively higher wages for female managers and (ii) the share of female managers …