Arbeitspapier
Female leaders and gender gaps within the firm: Evidence from three sub-Saharan African countries
We study the association between the gender of the highest-ranking manager (the CEO) and gender differences in employees' outcomes using detailed linked employer-employee data from the formal sector in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal. Our empirical strategy relies on the inclusion of firm fixed effects and workers' characteristics. Our results point toward a negative correlation between female CEO and the relative wages and job satisfaction of female employees. However, female employees working under a female CEO who owns the firm are not paid less than their male colleagues.
- ISBN
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978-92-9256-287-8
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2017/63
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Personnel Economics: General
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
- Subject
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female managers
gender gaps
sub-Saharan Africa
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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La Mattina, Giulia
Picone, Gabriel A.
Ahoure, Alban
Kimou, Jose Carlos
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- (where)
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Helsinki
- (when)
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2017
- DOI
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doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/287-8
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- La Mattina, Giulia
- Picone, Gabriel A.
- Ahoure, Alban
- Kimou, Jose Carlos
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Time of origin
- 2017
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