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Socially gainful gender quotas [PDF]
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014 We study the impact of gender quotas on the acquisition of human capital. We assume that individuals’ formation of human capital is influenced by the prospect of landing high-pay top positions, and that these positions are regulated by gender-specific quotas.
Stark, Oded, Hyll, Walter
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Cartels, board gender composition and gender quotas [PDF]
European Journal of Law and EconomicsAbstractCartel busting often results in the restructuring of boards of directors, presumably to remove individuals (both executive and non-executive members) who may have been involved in the cartel. This study employs 2 exogenous changes—cartel busting and binding board gender quotas policies—to examine their impact on board gender composition using ...
García Galindo, Carmen +3 more
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Gender diversity, Labour in the Boardroom, and Gender Quotas
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2022 This study investigates boards of (non-executive) directors and whether employee representation has a positive effect on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board–director matched panel data for Norway and Germany, which contain unique information on whether a director represents shareholders or employees during the period ...
Kunze, Ariane, Scharfenkamp, Katrin
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Gender Quotas for Legislatures and Corporate Boards. [PDF]
Annu Rev Sociol, 2017 The global proliferation of quotas for women over the past 30 years is both remarkable and consequential. Targeting decision-making positions historically resistant to women's equal inclusion, the adoption of electoral and corporate board quotas has at times been controversial. After adoption, quotas have influenced women's numbers, the performance and
Hughes MM, Paxton P, Krook ML.
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Gender quotas and the quality of politicians [PDF]
Journal of Public Economics, 2012 We analyze the effects of the introduction of gender quotas in candidate lists on the quality of elected politicians, as measured by the average number of years of education. We consider an Italian law which introduced gender quotas in local elections in 1993, and was abolished in 1995.
Baltrunaite, Audinga +3 more
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Ireland: Understanding gender quotas as a stepping-stone to gender transformation and empowerment
, 2022 Ostensibly, gender quotas have had a transformative effect on women’s political candidacy and election in Ireland. Since the inaugural “gender quota election” of 2016, the number of women candidates contesting general elections has increased by 90% while
Brennan, Mary +2 more
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Quotas for men: Reframing gender quotas as a means of improving representation for all [PDF]
, 2014 Gender quotas traditionally focus on the underrepresentation of women. Conceiving of quotas in this way perpetuates the status of men as the norm and women as the other.
RAINBOW MURRAY, Murray, R
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Implementing gender quotas in Portugal: A success story? [PDF]
, 2023 The so-called Portuguese Parity Law adopted in 2006 determined that candidate lists presented for national, European and local elections must include one third minimum representation of each sex.
Santos, M. H. +2 more
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Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 2021 This paper is focused on the Albanian electoral system, its total inclusion approach, protection and promotion of gender characteristics, historical and legal developments on the gender quotas necessity, the comparison in time and space, the barriers and
Evis Garunja
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Desafíos, 2019 Gendered quotas have been one of the preferred instruments for promoting women’s participation and empowerment in public decision-making positions. This study analyzes Colombia’s constitutional validation of gender quotas.
Felipe Jaramillo Ruiz
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