Artikel
Gender quotas on boards of directors
Arguments for increasing gender diversity on boards of directors range from ensuring equal opportunity to improving firm performance, but the empirical results are mixed and often negative. Current research does not justify gender quotas on grounds of economic efficiency. Furthermore, in most countries the number of women qualified to join boards of directors is limited, and it is not clear from the evidence that quotas lead to a larger pool of qualified female candidates in the medium and long term.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2014 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Voting; Proxy Contests; Corporate Governance
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
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gender quotas
boards of directors
firm performance
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Smith, Nina
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
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2014
- DOI
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doi:10.15185/izawol.7
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- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Artikel
Beteiligte
- Smith, Nina
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2014