Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314661 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11622
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
We study whether gender-based favoritism impedes women's career progression using data from a European multinational corporation. Leveraging manager reassignments, we show that manager gender does not affect gender differences, neither in wage growth nor in promotion rates. Remarkably, this holds across a wide range of countries and departments, i.e., workforces that differ substantially in terms of gender norms, occupations, and gender composition, but are all subject to the same management practices and corporate culture. Analyzing performance and potential ratings, we find that manager gender only matters in low-stakes decisions that do not affect managers' own career prospects.
Subjects: 
gender wage and promotion gap
manager gender
favouritism
performance and potential ratings
JEL: 
J30
J16
J71
M14
M51
M54
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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