Bertrand, Marianne; Black, Sandra; Jensen, Sissel; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent of each gender on the board of publicly limited liability … and decrease gender disparity in earning within that sector. We document that the newly (post-reform) appointed female … board members were observably more qualified than their female predecessors, and that the gender gap in earnings within …