Drawing on the status characteristic theory, we investigate the effect of gender on board directors' status ranking and … directors, a discrepancy that is attributable to gender. We theorize on the mechanism that determines the ways in which the … status value of gender on a board affects board interactions and predict how this mechanism influences firm outcomes …

on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board–director matched panel data for Norway and Germany …, when a Norwegian board gender quota came into effect. We present two novel results that challenge previous thinking about … the effects of board gender quotas on women directors. First, we find a positive impact of employee representation before …

Over the last decade, several countries have followed the Norwegian example and introduced laws mandating gender quota … in gender quota that remain effective for three consecutive board renewals of listed limited liability firms. We link … Social Security registers. Exploiting the staggered introduction of the gender quota regulation and variation in board …