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Does the Gender of Directors Matter?Miriam Schwartz-ZivHarvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS); Northeastern University - Finance and Insurance Area; Harvard University - Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics May 7, 2013 Abstract: I examine relatively gender-balanced boards of business companies in which the Israeli government holds a substantial equity interest. I construct a novel database based on the detailed minutes of 402 board and committee meetings of eleven such companies. I find that boards that included critical masses of at least three directors of each gender, and particularly of three women, were approximately twice as likely to request further information and to take an initiative, compared to boards without such critical masses. The ROE and net-profit-margin of these companies is also significantly larger if they have at least three women directors.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 64 Keywords: boards of directors, gender, active boards, firm performance JEL Classification: D71, D73, G30, J01, J16, L21, M10 working papers seriesDate posted: June 23, 2011 ; Last revised: May 20, 2013Suggested CitationContact Information
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