This second report in the DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer 2022 explores the designs and effects of gender quotas … 2021, this report shows that the group of nine EU countries that have introduced a gender quota has a significantly greater … percent). Generally, the share of female non-executive directors (in Germany, this refers to supervisory board members) is …

banks in Germany rose slightly to almost nine and 23 percent, respectively. However, growth has come to a halt in the 60 … timely implementation as well as a more modern corporate organization. This way, new role models can be formed and gender …

Over the past years, the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of major companies in Germany has increased. As … companies in Germany. These directors emphasize changes in the general atmosphere, and discussions are described as more … to request additional information more often. Thus, gender diversity on supervisory boards can contribute to a board …

This paper examines how board gender diversity affects corporate risk disclosure. We exploit an exogenous shock on … in concurrent studies. The findings suggest that board gender diversity is positively related to corporate risk … consistent with board gender diversity promoting the disclosure of decision-relevant information through improved board group …