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We find that firms with higher gender and racial diversity of inventors have significantly superior stock returns than … returns around subsequent earnings announcements. Our results highlight the importance of gender and racial inventor diversity …
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We study the role of race and ethnicity in the investment decisions of mutual fund managers and investors. Funds …
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be quite underestimated in media, public opinion and academia. It is the idea that "ethnicity" can be approached …
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levels of unemployment which cannot be explained by their levels of education. Overall our results show that gender is a …
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This paper aims to examine the effectiveness of gender diverse boards on financial performance in large listed Indian … companies by taking a resource dependency perspective. Gender diverse board is measured by presence of the independent female … assess the proposed relationship. The analysis confirms that independent gender diverse boards significantly affect financial …
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We show that culture and diversity strongly influence welfare systems around the globe. To disentangle culture from institutions, we employ regional instruments as well as data on the prevalence of the pathogen Toxoplasma Gondii, linguistic differences, and the frequency of blood types. The...
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Cultural diversity - in various forms - has in recent years turned into a prominent and relevant research and policy issue. There is an avalanche of studies across many disciplines that measure and analyse cultural diversity and its impacts. Based on different perspectives and features of the...
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In this article, we analyze whether non-native speakers in the classroom affect the educational achievement and social integration of migrant and native students. In contrast to previous studies, which mainly examine the effect of the share of immigrant pupils, we focus on language heterogeneity...
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A growing number of studies find linkages between workforce diversity and business performance, but key aspects of this relationship remain unclear. First, within the firm, the role of 'top team' demography on firm outcomes is surprisingly little understood. Second, urban location may amplify...
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