Hidden gold -- Barrier 1 : Avoiding controversy -- Barrier 2 : Poor use of time -- Barrier 3 : Reluctance to change -- Barrier 4 : Organizational silos -- Barrier 5 : Management blockers -- Barrier 6 : Incorrect information and bad assumptions -- Barrier 7 : Size matters -- Barrier 8 : Existing...

This paper analyses the gender gap in compensation for CEOs, Vice-Directors, and potential top executives in the 2000 largest Danish private companies based on a panel data set of employer-employees data covering the period 1996-2005. During the period, the overall gender gap in compensation for...

In most OECD countries, only very few women succeed in reaching top executive positions. In this paper, the probability of promotion into VP and CEO positions is estimated based on employer-employee data on all Danish companies observed during the period 1997-2007. After controlling for a large...