Essays about: "quota female"

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1. 1. Consequences of Corporate Quotas : A quantitative study of the effects of boardroom gender quotas on German companies’ attention to gender equality

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Rebecca Heine; [2022]
   Keywords : gender quotas; female leadership; corporate governance; gender and politics; corporate quotas; workplace policies; difference-in-differences; Germany;

   Abstract : Despite global progress on gender equality, women continue to be underrepresented in politics and business. One widely debated policy measure aimed at tackling this issue is statutory gender quotas for the boards of directors of listed companies – so-called corporate quotas – which have been adopted in more than a dozen countries worldwide, yet remain understudied in the gender and politics literature. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. 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

5. 4. 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

6. 5. 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