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Using data from the OSIRIS database, we investigate the gender wage gap in top corporate jobs for the years 2000 till …
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America's corporate boards are insufficiently diverse. Too few women and ethnic minorities are at the table. California's SB 826 seeks to remedy this situation by imposing penalties on publicly traded corporations with headquarters in California, regardless of where they are chartered, if their...
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publicly listed US firms, the authors analyze the gender pay gaps across the distribution of total compensation. In the …
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We explore whether public attention to gender equality is associated with an increase in female board representation …. We find that firms are sensitive to changes in public attention to gender equality. However, the effects are mostly … driven by firms whose ex ante culture is more sympathetic to gender equality. Greater female board representation is achieved …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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In this research study, we seek to examine whether US public companies with gender diverse boards report better long …-term, non-financial and financial performance. Using observations from 2003 to 2012, we find that gender diversity on corporate … regulators globally seeking to mandate gender diversity in corporate boardrooms …
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Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern for the quality of their relationships at work. This account is difficult to assess with standard...
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We investigate whether competitive selection processes generate gender inequality in the context of a prestigious … in-person interview. The data show a very large gender gap in success rates: women's success rate is 36% lower than men …% lower than for comparable male candidates. We show that this gap is explained by reviewers engaging in gender balancing …
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