Gender Diversity in Senior Positions and Firm Performance : Evidence from Europe /

This paper examines the link between gender diversity in senior corporate positions and financial performance of 2 million companies in Europe. We document a positive association between corporate return on assets and the share of women in senior positions and establish two potential channels throug...

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Prif Awdur: Christiansen, Lone Engbo
Awduron Eraill: Lin, Huidan, Pereira, Joana, Topalova, Petia
Fformat: Cylchgrawn
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Cyfres:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/050
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available on IMF
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520 3 |a This paper examines the link between gender diversity in senior corporate positions and financial performance of 2 million companies in Europe. We document a positive association between corporate return on assets and the share of women in senior positions and establish two potential channels through which gender diversity may affect firm performance. The positive correlation is more pronounced in, first, sectors where women form a larger share of the labor force (such as the services sector) and, second, where complementarities in skills and critical thinking are in high demand (such as high-tech and knowledge-intensive sectors). 
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700 1 |a Topalova, Petia. 
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