Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33337 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1708
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Corporate governance literature argues that board diversity is potentially positively related to firm performance. This study examines the relationship in the case of women in top executive jobs and on boards of directors. We use data for the 2500 largest Danish firms observed during the period 1993-2001 and find that the proportion of women in top management jobs tends to have positive effects on firm performance, even after controlling for numerous characteristics of the firm and direction of causality. The results show that the positive effects of women in top management depend on the qualifications of female top managers.
Subjects: 
firm performance
female CEO's
board diversity
gender diversity
JEL: 
G38
J16
M14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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