Analysis of a global survey of 21,980 firms from 91 countries suggests that the presence of women in corporate … fact that women increase a firm's skill diversity. Women's presence in corporate leadership is positively correlated with … quotas on firm performance, but they suggest that the payoffs of policies that facilitate women rising through the corporate …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …