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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 …. Using matched employer-employee data from 2013-14, the paper finds that the women-don't-ask account is incorrect. Once an …
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Studying women's entrepreneurial intentions is critical not only for encouraging women's entrepreneurship but also for … related to identifying factors influencing women's entrepreneurial intentions. In order to fulfill this gap, this research … analyzes the main factors influencing Lebanese women's entrepreneurial intentions: dominance, innovativeness, independence, and …
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differ in the presence of women among employee representatives. Our findings suggest that having female representatives at … the bargaining table can help transform workplaces to better meet women’s needs and ultimately close the gender gap. …
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We study the effect of corporate board gender quotas on firm performance in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain. The empirical analysis is based on accounting panel data from Bureau Van Dijk's Amadeus. Our identification strategy relies on both double and triple difference estimators with ex-ante...
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compilations describing the emergence of female entrepreneurship as a business and social phenomenon, the women who undertook and … led these endeavors, and changes in the characteristics of women entrepreneurs over time. She also presents materials in … taxonomy for entrepreneurship; for greater study of innovation-driven entrepreneurship, including as an endeavor of women; for …
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that women are significantly less likely to self-promote relative to men. We establish that the difference in behaviour … across gender is determined by women's social-image concerns of being perceived as immodest and not because of an underlying … leads to an increase in self-promotion by women and, (ii) contributes to a reduction in the gender gap in self …
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meet demands and increase productivity. For women entrepreneurs, they are expected to combine this with the statutory … of work-life balance on service delivery among women entrepreneurs in south-western Nigeria. A total of 379 respondents … contributes significantly to the service delivery of women entrepreneurs. The study recommends that women entrepreneurs should …
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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 …
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We explore the impact of mentoring of females and gender segregation on wages using a large longitudinal data set for … Portugal. Female managers can protect and mentor female employees by paying them higher wages than male-led firms would do. We … find that females can enjoy higher wages in female-led firms, the opposite being true for males. In both cases is a higher …
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marked gender differences in the pay structure: namely, women CEOs receive a lower proportion of fixed to total compensation …. The model also suggests that a more balanced gender composition in companies' boards can help women close the gap in pay …
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