This paper identifies a positive causal effect of board gender diversity on firm performance by utilizing unique historical events in China. Specifically, the Famine resulted in an evident gender gap in the supply of qualified directors of certain cohorts. Since the shocks differ in both gender...

The gender gap in social networks has long been seen as a determinant of the glass ceiling for women to advance to top corporate positions. Exploiting China’s anti-corruption campaign launched in 2012 as an exogenous shock and adopting a novel identification strategy, we find that the...

The gender gap in social networks has long been seen as a determinant of the glass ceiling for women to advance to top corporate positions. Exploiting China’s anti-corruption campaign launched in 2012 as an exogenous shock and adopting a novel identification strategy, we find that the...