Essays about: "Gender board quota"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Gender board quota.

  1. 1. Are Gender Board Quotas Effective? A Synthetic Control Method Analysis of the Italian Case.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Letizia Avanzini; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender board quota; labour market; inequality.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The lack of women in leadership positions in the corporate sector is widespread throughout Europe. In this thesis, I study the efficacy of the Italian Gender Board Quota law no. 120/2011 in reducing such disparity in the Italian context. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: A Panel Data Analysis of the Short-Term Effects of California Senate Bill No. 826

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Hilla Inkinen; [2021]
    Keywords : Gender Quotas; Board Composition; Corporate Governance; Gender Economics;

    Abstract : Gender quotas on corporate boards of directors have become a popular tool to address the persistent disparities in female representation at the top of the corporate hierarchy. In this thesis, I study the effects of the first mandatory gender quota in the United States, California Senate Bill No. 826, implemented in early 2019. READ MORE

  4. 3. Women on the board and their joint effect on accruals-based earnings management and real earnings management

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Eva Schönander; Linda von Zweigbergk; [2020-07-01]
    Keywords : accruals-based earnings management; real earnings management; board of directors; gender quota; women board members; independent women board members;

    Abstract : Much emphasis has been placed on the composition of women on the board lately. With Norway in the forefront, other countries within Europe have followed their path and implemented gender quotas on the board, and EU member countries are suggested to have 40 percent women on their boards by 2020. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Cooperative Role Model : A study of the Role Model Effect in rural agricultural cooperatives in Rwanda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joel Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Role Model Effect; agricultural cooperatives; Rwanda; symbolic representation; leadership; gender roles;

    Abstract : With the highest representation of female parliamentarians in the world, Rwanda is a frequently reoccurring case when studying the impact of increased female representation. In this debate, little attention has been given to symbolic representation and particularly to the concept of the Role Model Effect. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gender Quotas, Nepotism and Whiskey Clubs: A Qualitative Study of the Swedish Special Sports Federations' Shift Toward Gender Equal Boards

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Hannah Stihl; Matilda Olsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Gender equality; Sports governance; Gender quota; Gender equal boards;

    Abstract : Despite having had explicit targets for over 25 years, only 37 of 71 Swedish Special Sports Federations had achieved gender equal representation within their boards in 2016. It was thus decided during the general assembly meeting of the Swedish Sports Confederation in 2017 to implement a gender quota which all Special Sports Federations must adhere to by 2021, or otherwise risk losing their entire financial support. READ MORE