A systematic review of the gender pay gap and factors that predict it

SG Bishu, MG Alkadry - Administration & Society, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This study conducts a systematic review of 98 peer-reviewed journal articles that empirically
investigate the presence of the gender pay gap along with factors that espouse it in …

Female leadership and gender gap within firms: Evidence from an Italian board reform

A Maida, A Weber - Ilr Review, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors evaluate a 2011 Italian law that installed a step-wise increase in gender quota
that remains effective for three consecutive board renewals of listed limited liability firms …

Do board gender quotas matter? Selection, performance, and stock market effects

G Ferrari, V Ferraro, P Profeta… - Management …, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
From business to politics and academia, the economic effects of gender quotas are under
scrutiny. We provide new causal evidence based on the introduction of mandatory gender …

Women legislators and economic performance

T Baskaran, S Bhalotra, B Min, Y Uppal - Journal of Economic Growth, 2024 - Springer
There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the
last two decades, but there is no evidence of how this has influenced economic …

What firms do: Gender inequality in linked employer-employee data

A Casarico, S Lattanzio - Journal of Labor Economics, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
We study the extent to which employer heterogeneity affects gender gaps in earnings across
the distribution, over time, and over the life cycle, accounting for cohort effects. Using a …

Networking: a business for women

A Manello, M Cisi, F Devicienti, D Vannoni - Small Business Economics, 2020 - Springer
This paper uses firm-level data and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methods to
investigate the effects of participation in formal networking activities and of female …

Can female executives improve employment relations outcomes? Empirical evidence from China with gender implications

F Yuan, FL Cooke, X Fang, F An, Y He - Employee Relations: The …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Despite the growing research interest in gender diversity, the presence of female
executives and organizational outcomes, the relationship between female executives and …

Leadership styles and small enterprises' performance: is gender an issue? Empirical study from democratic republic of Congo

DBM Akonkwa, E Lunanga, JB Mukulu… - … and Innovation in …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we provide new empirical evidence to the relationships between leadership
styles (LS) and organizational performance, introducing gender as moderator variable. Data …

What if your boss is a woman? Evidence on gender discrimination at the workplace

C Lucifora, D Vigani - Review of Economics of the Household, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, we exploit rich cross-country survey data covering 15 European countries over
the period 2000–2015 to investigate the relationship between the gender of the immediate …

Welcome on board? Appointment dynamics of women as directors

E Schoonjans, H Hottenrott, A Buchwald - Journal of Business Ethics, 2024 - Springer
Increasing the participation of women in top-level corporate boards is high on the agenda of
policy-makers. Yet, we know little about director appointment dynamics and the drivers and …