We show that over the last decade, growing public pressure for board gender diversity and awareness of gender equality … pursuit of more gender balance. Our evidence is highly consistent with “supply constraints”, as reflected in high costs of …. Gender quota mandates are likely to expose the smaller firms even more to these costs; however, the absence of mandates may …

This paper investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and firm performance has been investigated … using a panel dataset over the period 2009-2011. Applying quantile regression, we show that board gender diversity has a …

The paper examines if workplace gender diversity offers some explanation for the decline of unions in Britain. Using … between workplace union density and gender diversity. Gender and ownership status based sub-group analyses suggest the inverse … relationship to be stronger for male union members and those in the private sector. Gender group size based analysis reveals a …