We construct a new dataset on the presence of women on central bank monetary policy committees for a set of 103 … countries, over the period 2002-2016. We document an increasing share of women in monetary policy committees, which is mainly … associated with a higher overall presence of women in central banks and less so with other institutional factors or country …

existence of networks that support women's rise and the governance of the central bank. The analysis uses new panel data that … women and the central bank has more independence …

potential driver of gender wealth inequality, since women are known to be more risk averse, less financially literate, and to … and examines whether monetary policy affects the investment decisions of women and men differently. While monetary policy … exclusively affects stock market participation of women, we do not observe any gender difference in the active investment behavior …

unemployment concerns, this silver lining speaks to a broader pathology whereby women are assumed dovish. These notable findings … help explain women's absence from public-facing central bank positions …

of women matter in these decisions? We construct a new and unique dataset on the presence of women on central bank … monetary policy committees for a large sample of countries, over the period 2001-2017 and document an increasing share of women … on central bank boards. We investigate how the presence of women correlates with the conduct of monetary policy by …