Essays about: "gender quota"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 56 essays containing the words gender quota.

  1. 11. Female Politicians Claiming their Equal Rights Towards Political Inclusion : A Qualitative Study of hindrances towards women’s political inclusion on a National and Devolved level in Kenya

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maja Otterstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : women’s political inclusion; decentralization; quotas; subnational and national level; Kenya;

    Abstract : This study investigates what factors impede women's ability to be included in politics in Kenya in light of reforms such as decentralization and electoral gender quotas. The Kenyan case highlights a paradox: reforms are progressive in reaching a more gender-balanced representation, including women from more levels of the country in the political sphere. READ MORE

  3. 12. Gender diversity and innovation in technology and manufacturing companies

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Manousos Kokkinakis; Xin Li; [2022]
    Keywords : Innovation; Gender Diversity; Technology Manufacturing firms; Logistic Regression Analysis.;

    Abstract : In this thesis the relation between gender diversity and innovation in technology and manufacturing companies is explored. Data on firm-level are used from The Enterprise Surveys of the World Bank, which are designed as a panel data survey and comprise a collection of data on 146,000 firms in 143 countries, from years 2006 to 2019. READ MORE

  4. 13. DO GENDER QUOTAS PRODUCE SPILLOVER EFFECTS? EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN MUNICIPALITIES

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Giulia Salvi; [2021-06-30]
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    Abstract : This paper analyses the spillover effects of gender quotas on women's involvement in politics and the labour market. It uses a rich data set that provides information on all the Italian municipalities characteristics and administrators between 1981 to 2012. In 1993, Italy introduced gender quotas. READ MORE

  5. 14. Electoral gender quotas in post-communist societies: Evidence from Polish municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Ellen Wallin; [2021]
    Keywords : electoral gender quotas; local politics; discontinuity-in-differences; Poland;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the short-term effects of a legislative gender quota in candidate lists using evidence from local elections in Poland. In the context of open lists systems, quotas were introduced in 2018 in municipalities with proportional representation (over 20,000 inhabitants). READ MORE

  6. 15. 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