This study investigates the effect of gender diversity on boards on information asymmetry problems in the French stock market. We use Bid-Ask Spread BASP estimator of Corwin and Schultz (2012) as a proxy for asymmetric information in stock markets. The study shows the following results. First,...

The purpose of this paper is to study the joint determination of gender differentials in labor market outcomes and in the household division of labor. Specifically, we explore the hypothesis that incentive problems in the labor market amplify differences in earnings due to gender differentials...