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Does female reservation affect long-term political outcomes ? Evidence from rural India [PDF]

Although many studies have explored the impacts of political quotas for females, often with ambiguous results, the underlying mechanisms and long-term effects have received little attention.
Deininger, Klaus, Fang, Xia, Jin, Songqing, Nagarajan, Hari K.   +3 more
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Affirmative action and team performance

, 2016
We experimentally investigate spillover effects of affirmative action policies in tournaments on subsequent team performance and the willingness to work in teams.
Kölle, Felix
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Gender Diversity on Boards: A Myth or a Missed Opportunity for Financial Performance?

Administrative Sciences
This study examines the influence of gender composition on corporate financial performance, measured by the Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio and Tobin’s Q, considering both male and female directors.
Daniel Amo, María-José García-López, Hamid Hamoudi   +2 more
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Board Diversity by Term Limits? [PDF]

, 2019
Four-fifths of the corporate board seats in the United States are held by men and a shocking number of companies lack any female representation on their boards.
Nili, Yaron, Rosenblum, Darren
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Board Gender Diversity and Firm Performance: An Analysis of the Causal Relationship in Spanish Listed Companies

Administrative Sciences
Applying a mixed theoretical approach, this paper addresses the causal relationship between the presence of women on steering committees (SC) and in senior management positions and the firm’s stock return, measured through the price–earnings ratio (P/E).
María-Jose García-López, Maria Rosario Pacheco-Olivares, Hamid Hamoudi   +2 more
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Making Women's Voices Count in Community Decision-Making on Land Investments [PDF]

, 2016
The adverse impacts of commercialization and largescale land acquisitions in the global South are often disproportionately borne by women. The loss of access to farmland and common areas hit women harder than men in many communities, and women are often ...
CELINE SALCEDO-LA VIÑA, MAITRI MORARJI
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Field rules and bias in random surveys with quota samples. An assessment of CIS surveys [PDF]

, 2018
Surveys applying quota sampling in their final step are widely used in opinion and market research all over the world. This is also the case in Spain, where the surveys carried out by CIS (a public institution for sociological research supported by the ...
Aybar, Cristina, Pavía, José M.
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Kvotering i styrer: Hvor kommer de nye styremedlemmene fra, og hva slags erfaring bringer de med seg?

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Formålet med denne studien er å forstå hva som skjer i styrene i de om lag 8 000 virksomhetene som er berørt av de nye kravene om kjønnsbalanse i styrer som ble innført i 2024.
Erik W. Jakobsen, Per Fredrik Johnsen, Eskil Sønju Le Bruyn, Cathrine Seierstad   +3 more
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The principle of equal treatment between women and men in European Union law: Cautious Expansion, Member State Hesitation and a Shift in Method – The Case of Directive 2022/2381 “Women on Boards”

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The principle of equal treatment between women and men in EU law has gradually expanded from limited economic provisions to a broader social and professional scope.
Florelle Moreau
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Gender Quotas and Women’s Political Participation in Slovenia and Croatia: When Similar Historical Developments and Homogeneity of Design Yield Different Outcomes

, 2018
This paper aims at summarizing the knowledge surrounding gender quotas – which are a quick gate-way to women’s political participation – and at assessing the efficacy of their different means of implementation.
Yandam, Colin J. J.
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