weaknesses. Firms with similar characteristics tend to hire more female board members. This paper examines whether there is an … association between companies that have a higher percentage of female board members and the disclosure of internal control … diverse board of directors, measured by a larger percentage of female directors, are less likely to disclose an internal …

presence of female directors on the audit committee. I empirically test to see if there are any differences in the functioning … of audit committee when there is at least one female director on the audit committee. My dissertation examines three … presence of at least one female director on the audit committee makes the audit committee have more meetings. The second essay …

.CONCLUSIONS: Lesbian women have a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity than all other female sexual orientation groups. This finding …

are different regarding gender, status and relationship type. In this dissertation, I explain gender-based differences in … variables: gender-based homophily, status, and relationship type. In Study 1 and Study 2, I test the effect of status alone and … then the interaction between status and gender-based homophily to determine who men and women are most likely to approach …

The extent of openness to international trade may alter incentives differentially by gender for labor force … participation, particularly in economies in which gender differentials in human capital investments such as schooling are large and … in which norms about gender behaviors are strong. This paper uses historical census data since 1951 and two recent Labor …