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the interaction of CEO gender with executive remuneration and firm performance in the Chinese market place. Examination of … discriminatory pressures. We surmise that the Chinese authorities’ attempts to promote gender-neutral hiring policies now appear … compensation terms than their male counterparts. Finally, we find only limited evidence of a CEO gender–firm performance link. …
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How do firms respond to technological advances that facilitate the automation of tasks? Which tasks will they automate …
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How do firms respond to technological advances that facilitate the automation of tasks? Which tasks will they automate …
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How do firms respond to technological advances that facilitate the automation of tasks? Which tasks will they automate …
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members also has a similar impact. The effect of the chairmans gender is statistically insignificant. These findings are …
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the gender wage gap as a reflection of men's greater strength and correspondingly higher productivity. This paper … investigates the gender wage gap in cigar making around 1900. Strength was rarely an issue, but the gender wage gap was large. Two … findings suggest that employers were not sexist. First, differences in earnings by gender for workers paid piece rates can be …
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legal mandates. Data on team dynamics and gender differences in preferences (risk-taking behavior, taste for competition …, prosocial behavior) show how gender composition influences group decision-making and subsequent performance through channels …
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This chapter introduces the essays in the volume starting with analysing the situation of the Italian labour market in terms of the diffusion of non standard work. Together with an analysis of its diffusion the essay discusses the characteristics of workers who are more likely to be in non...
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The international literature on non-standard employment has mostly focussed on its impact on employment, and more recently on working and living conditions. This volume explores these issues with special reference to Italy. Italy is characterized by very low participation rates (particularly...
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relationship between the gender of the owner and of the top manager of a firm, access to finance, and this firm's performance … market. Furthermore, we find a positive effect of the female gender of a business owner and of a business top manager on …
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