Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country's decision making processes leads to better indicators on women conditions. Using time series observations for the period 2000-2011, we test the...

This paper investigates the effect of female directors on financial fraud, focusing on the role of independent female directors and their demographics, such as experience, financial expertise, and audit committee membership. We find that independent female directors have a negative and...

Introduction : how gender works, in the practice of theory and other social processes / Gracia Clark -- Concepts of gender within economic change. Archeology and the gender without history / F. Ann Pyburn. Rain and cattle : gendered structure and political economy in precolonial Pare, Tanzania /...