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 …

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 …

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 …