. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative measures of gender diversity, and several performance indicators, we …This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique … find some evidence that companies with gender-diverse boards have higher market values and better profitability. These …

The paper explores the impact of the gender composition of Boards of Directors on gender diversity and earnings gaps … positive spillovers on the gender gaps within the firms. Quality is viewed as the power, conceptualized as the possible … negative impact. However, male directors' connections to females positively decrease the gender gaps. Interestingly, the …

The paper examines if workplace gender diversity offers some explanation for the decline of unions in Britain. Using … between workplace union density and gender diversity. Gender and ownership status based sub-group analyses suggest the inverse … positive link between workplace union density and gender diversity in workplaces with a female majority. The findings in this …

female labor forces. We also find that the positive influence of women in top leadership positions on managerial gender … diversity diminishes over time, suggesting that women at the top play a positive but transitory role in women's career …

In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited … corporate sector and decrease gender disparity in earnings 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 …