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Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards : Depoliticizing Gender and the Economy [PDF]
, 2017 Gender quotas for corporate boards can be seen as a way of drawing attention to gendered power within the economy as well as a way to democratize the economy, yet the debate about them has focused on the economic and business benefits of gender equality ...
Anna Elomäki, Elomäki, Anna
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Quotas, Citizens, and Norms of Representation [PDF]
, 2013 The author gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Leverhulme Trust, who funded this research via a Research Fellowship ...
Murray, R, Rainbow Murray
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Quotas and women's substantive representation: Evidence from a content analysis of Ugandan plenary debates [PDF]
, 2017 Despite the popularity of electoral gender quotas, the substantive impact of quotas on the plenary behavior of members of parliament (MPs) has yet to be thoroughly empirically explored, and in particular, there is a dearth of evidence from non-Western ...
Clayton, Amanda +5 more
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Quotas and Gender Competence: Independent or Complementary Approaches to Gender Equality?
Frontiers in Sociology, 2021 Austrian gender equality policy in higher education is characterized by the successful implementation of a comprehensive set of gender equality policies and persistent gender imbalances.
Angela Wroblewski
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Where Do We Go from Here? Enhancing Women’s Political Representation in the Local Councils of Albania [PDF]
Genero, 2023 Women’s representation in the local councils of Albania has increased almost fourfold in less than a decade. But – in the face of these numeric changes – there are growing concerns that numbers do not translate into political power and are used ...
Marsela Dauti, Geldona Metaj
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Gender quotas on boards of directors [PDF]
IZA World of Labor, 2014 Arguments for increasing gender diversity on boards of directors range from ensuring equal opportunity to improving firm performance, but the empirical results are mixed and often negative. Current research does not justify gender quotas on grounds of economic efficiency.
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Do Gender Quotas Influence Women's Representation and Policies? [PDF]
The European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2010 This paper investigates the effect of applying gender quotas on policy decisions. I first examine the effect of gender quotas on the representation of female legislators, study the correlation between gender quotas and different types of government ...
Li-Ju Chen
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Affirmative action programs and network benefits in the number of board positions.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Whereas governments are increasingly considering affirmative action programs to increase corporate board diversity, the effect of such programs can be superficial as they do not address the underlying problem, which is women's access to and inclusion in ...
Katarzyna Burzynska, Gabriela Contreras
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Incumbents' Interests and Gender Quotas
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 The introduction of mandatory gender quotas in party lists is a reform that many countries have recently adopted or have been considering. The electoral system affects the incumbents' incentives to make such reforms, their details, and their effectiveness.
Fréchette, Guillaume R. +2 more
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Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: Similarities and Differences in Quota Scenarios [PDF]
European Management Review, 2020 In this article, the use of gender quotas to strengthen gender equality on corporate boards is explored. Examining national practices in ten European countries we provide an overview, categorizing the design of various corporate board quotas (CBQs) and the contexts in which they are embedded.
Mensi-Klarbach, Heike +1 more
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