weakly associated with women's remuneration than with men's. This mainly reflects an interaction between unobserved … individual characteristics and firm recruitment policies. The kinds of firm that best identify and advance talented women are …

valuable for women's career advancement than for men's. On average, additional qualification signals increase male directors … networks matters for women's career advancement. We find that connections to male executives and executives who are members of … an old boys' club are more valuable for women than having access to all-female networks …