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Do Gender Quotas Lead to Gender Equality?
2020The number of women in the boards of directors has increased in a lot of international firms, in recent years, with the help of the gender quotas, but we do not know whether this fact leads to an increase in gender equality. Based on a literature review about gender diversity, business performance, and perceived gender equality, the present research ...
Salaris S., Pereira E. T., Marinò L.
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Board gender diversity, quotas and critical mass theory
Corporate Communications. An International Journal, 2023PurposeThe corporate communications literature recently focused on corporate board gender diversity, specifically looking at two central aspects: gender quotas and equitable target percentages for women on corporate boards.
F. Lefley, V. Janeček
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Lifting Women Up: Gender Quotas and the Advancement of Women on Corporate Boards
Corporate Governance: An International ReviewThe introduction of gender quotas on corporate boards can disrupt the status quo, resulting in externalities that affect women's advancement within the company. This study investigates whether boardroom quotas contribute to promoting women further up the
Anna Gibert, Alexandra Fedorets
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How Does Gender Quota Shape Gender Attitudes?
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023Starting in 2002, each electoral district in Taiwan is required to reserve one seat for women out of every four seats at the local councils, creating a 'zigzag' function of female councilors proportion across districts. Using this function, we estimate the effects of exposure to female political leadership on gender attitudes and behaviors.
Chen, Yen-Chien +4 more
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European Union Politics
How does biased political recruitment—and the legislation of gender quotas—affect the quality of representation? The article theorizes that biased selection implies a higher hurdle for women than for men.
Silje Synnøve Lyder Hermansen
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How does biased political recruitment—and the legislation of gender quotas—affect the quality of representation? The article theorizes that biased selection implies a higher hurdle for women than for men.
Silje Synnøve Lyder Hermansen
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The Importance of Gender Quotas in Patriarchal and Clientelistic Polities: The Case of Pakistan
, 2021Has the Pakistani Parliament achieved its promised goal of normalizing women’s political participation through the adoption of reserved seat quotas? Based on original surveys and interviews conducted with 95 women who have been elected to reserved and ...
M. Mufti, Farida Jalalzai
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Comparative Political Studies
What are the drivers of citizens’ support for electoral gender quotas in transitioning and authoritarian states? Despite extensive research examining public support for women in politics in democracies, we know little about how the public perceives them ...
Yuree Noh, Marwa Shalaby
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What are the drivers of citizens’ support for electoral gender quotas in transitioning and authoritarian states? Despite extensive research examining public support for women in politics in democracies, we know little about how the public perceives them ...
Yuree Noh, Marwa Shalaby
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Gender Diversity, Gender in the Boardroom and Gender Quotas
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022This 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, Astrid, Scharfenkamp, Katrin
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Gender Quotas, Women’s Representation, and Legislative Diversity
Journal of Politics, 2020Diversity in the characteristics of political leaders increases the quality of policy, perceptions of legitimacy, and accountability to constituents. Yet, increasing leaders’ diversity proves one of the most difficult challenges facing modern democracy ...
Tiffany D. Barnes, Mirya R. Holman
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Comparative Political Studies, 2013
Electoral gender quotas have become the subject of a growing literature in comparative politics, with the potential to affect how scholars study a wide range of electoral and representative processes. Yet, debates have emerged over how to define and categorize these policies, with implications for the ability to compare cases and draw broader ...
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Electoral gender quotas have become the subject of a growing literature in comparative politics, with the potential to affect how scholars study a wide range of electoral and representative processes. Yet, debates have emerged over how to define and categorize these policies, with implications for the ability to compare cases and draw broader ...
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