Essays about: "Gender Quotas"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 52 essays containing the words Gender Quotas.

1. 16. 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

3. 17. Do Women Legislators Represent Women? : The Effect of Women Legislators and Gender Quotas on the Substantive Representation of Women in the 20th National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Gyuyeon Park; [2021]
   Keywords : descriptive representation of women; substantive representation of women; gender quotas; women’s interests;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the link between women’s descriptive representation and substantive representation in the 20th National Assembly of the Republic of Korea according to the different conceptualization of women’s substantive representation. First, the link between women’s descriptive representation and substantive representation is examined by investigating whether women legislators introduce bills for women’s interests and succeed in passing such bills more than men. READ MORE

4. 18. Jämställdhetsarbetet på skogsmästarprogrammet : en kvalitativ studie ur ett lärarperspektiv

   University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

   Author : Anna Ekberg; Emma Eriksson; [2021]
   Keywords : jämställdhetsarbete; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Skogsmästarskolan;

   Abstract : 2011 tog regeringen, tillsammans med Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SLU) och andra branschorganisationer ett krafttag för att öka jämställdheten inom skogssektorn med syfte att skapa en konkurrenskraftig näring genom mångfald. Utbildning, arbetsliv och enskilt skogsägande var tre områden som initiativet skulle fokusera på och målet för utbildningsområdet var att göra de skogliga utbildningarna mer attraktiva för både kvinnor och män. READ MORE

5. 19. 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

6. 20. 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