In this paper we investigate the state of the art of women representation in Italian corporate boards, trying also to … assess its determinants. We find that female presence still concerns the minority of companies and a small number of women …. Moreover, female directorship is associated to some characteristics of firms and of women themselves, depending in particular …

European comparisons for the 2000s show that Italy was among the EU countries where women were least represented in … impact on the quality of credit and, to a lesser extent, on profitability. Both results may be driven by women's higher risk … aversion and their attitude to monitoring activities. Our study therefore suggests that women are ‘gold dust' for Italian banks …

We investigate whether term limits can help historically underrepresented groups, such as women, gain faster access to … positions of political power. We exploit evidence from Italian local elections where, in a context of rapidly increasing women … higher if term limits had not been extended. The impact is stronger in municipalities with a larger presence of women at …

Despite decades of progress relative to men in work and schooling, women remain severely under-represented among top … corporate and political leaders. This chapter discusses the current status and recent progress of women in leadership positions … of spillover benefits from female leaders to other women. The effects of gender quotas in politics are also discussed and …

share of women on supervisory boards for 111 German publicly listed and fully codetermined companies (i.e. those which are … interpret this as an overall indication that women are not only underrepresented in German supervisory boards, they are even … more underrepresented in important board positions. Indeed, women are less likely to become a chairman and are less often …

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 …