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
978-92-9256-287-8
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2017/63

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Personnel Economics: General
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
Thema
female managers
gender gaps
sub-Saharan Africa

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
La Mattina, Giulia
Picone, Gabriel A.
Ahoure, Alban
Kimou, Jose Carlos
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(wo)
Helsinki
(wann)
2017

DOI
doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2017/287-8
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • La Mattina, Giulia
  • Picone, Gabriel A.
  • Ahoure, Alban
  • Kimou, Jose Carlos
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Entstanden

  • 2017

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