1.
Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation
Economics and Statistics Administration Issue Brief No. 04-11
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 26 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
Office of the Chief Economist, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Government of the United States of America - Bureau of the Census, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Science Foundation and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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15,529
2.
Corporate Governance, Board Diversity, and Firm Performance
Oklahoma State University Working Paper
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 26 Mar 2002
Working Paper Series
Oklahoma State University - Stillwater - Department of Finance, Oklahoma State University - Stillwater - Department of Finance and Oklahoma State University - Stillwater - Department of Finance
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6,851
3.
Women in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Governance and Performance
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 57/2004
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 26 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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5,777
4.
Diversity on Corporate Boards: How Much Difference Does Difference Make?
Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (DJCL), Vol. 39, No. 2 pp. 377-426, 2014
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 01 Oct 2010
Last Revised: 11 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford Law School and Stanford Law School
Downloads
5,340
5.
A Female Style in Corporate Leadership? Evidence from Quotas
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 82
Posted: 09 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 14 Dec 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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3,454
6.
Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution
IFN Working Paper No. 996, NYU Stern School of Business EC-12-07, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-08
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 14 May 2012
Last Revised: 05 Mar 2019
Working Paper Series
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Stanford University
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3,445
7.
Female Labour Force Participation: Past Trends and Main Determinants in OECD Countries
OECD Working Paper No. 376
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 25 Oct 2013
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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2,970
8.
CEO Gender, Corporate Risk-Taking, and the Efficiency of Capital Allocation
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 16 Feb 2016
Working Paper Series
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
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2,651
9.
Men, Women and Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence
HANDBOOK OF EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS RESULTS, Vol. 1, Ch.113, pp. 1061-1073, C. Plott, V. Smith, eds., New York, Elsevier, 2008
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 12 Jul 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Texas A&M University and Monash University - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,548
10.
Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Does Gender Matter?
UPF Working Paper Series, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 273/2010
Number of pages: 76
Posted: 20 Sep 2009
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford and University of Lugano
There are 2 versions of this paper
Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Does Gender Matter?
UPF Working Paper Series, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 273/2010
Number of pages: 76
Posted: 20 Sep 2009
Last Revised: 31 Oct 2018
Downloads
2,368
Downloads
2,368
11.
Board Diversity and Firm Performance: The Indonesian Evidence
Corporate Ownership and Control Journal, Vol. 8, 2011
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 19 Dec 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK)
Downloads
2,235
12.
Role of Gender Equality in Development - a Literature Review
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 27 Dec 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Helsinki and HECER - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,046
13.
White Sexual Imperialism: A Theory of Asian Feminist Jurisprudence
Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice Law, Vol. 13, 2008
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 28 May 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Santa Clara University
Downloads
2,041
14.
Women-Led Firms and the Gender Gap in Top Executive Jobs
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1689
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 08 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Haverford College - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,039
15.
Gender Diversity in Corporate Governance and Top Management
Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 81, 2008
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 16 Dec 2009
Accepted Paper Series
HEC Montréal, HEC Montréal - Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Governance and HEC Montréal
Downloads
2,011
16.
Role of Education in Women Empowerment and Development: Issues and Impact
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 27 Sep 2015
Working Paper Series
Poornaprajna College and St. Aloysius Evening College
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1,978
17.
Gender and Corporate Finance: Are Male Executives Overconfident Relative to Female Executives?
Journal of Financial Economics (2013) 108, 822-839.
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 07 Sep 2008
Last Revised: 05 Aug 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Boston College - Carroll School of Management
Downloads
1,781
18.
Tax Evasion and Ethics: A Demographic Study of 33 Countries
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 27 Oct 2006
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting and Barry University - Andreas School of Business
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1,702
19.
Shaped by Their Daughters: Executives, Female Socialization, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), 2017
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 16 Jun 2015
Last Revised: 14 Dec 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Miami - Department of Finance and China Europe International Business School
Downloads
1,662
20.
Moving Upstream: The Merits of a Public Health Law Approach to Human Trafficking
North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, p. 447, 2011, Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-02
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 18 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 15 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Georgia State University College of Law
Downloads
1,639
21.
Are Female Auditors Still Women? Analyzing the Sex Differences Affecting Audit Quality
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 10 Jun 2009
Last Revised: 19 Feb 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB
Downloads
1,579
22.
What Prevents Women from Reaching the Top?
IFN Working Paper No. 1111, Harvard Business School Research Paper Series No. 16-092
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 11 Feb 2016
Last Revised: 01 Mar 2019
Working Paper Series
Aalto University School of Business, BI Norwegian Business School and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Downloads
1,566
23.
Strong Evidence for Gender Differences in Investment
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 15 Jan 2005
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2010
Working Paper Series
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Department of Economics and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
Downloads
1,506
24.
The Negative Externalities of Immorality: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage
Skepsis, Vol. 17, pp. 52-65, 2006
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 20 Jun 2006
Working Paper Series
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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1,502
25.
Microfinance and Female Empowerment
Cahier de Reserche Working Paper No. 06-03
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 08 Feb 2006
Working Paper Series
Université Laval - Département d'Économique and University of Montreal
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1,490
26.
The Impact of Board Diversity on Boards' Monitoring Intensity and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Istanbul Stock Exchange
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 24 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 14 Mar 2015
Working Paper Series
Sabanci University - School of Management, Corporate Governance Forum, Sabanci University and Sabanci University
Downloads
1,479
27.
Does Gender Matter in the Boardroom? Evidence from the Market Reaction to Mandatory New Director Announcements
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 02 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford, University of Queensland - Business School and City University of Hong Kong
Downloads
1,464
28.
Opting Out among Women with Elite Education
Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-05
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 22 Feb 2013
Last Revised: 15 May 2013
Working Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads
1,422
29.
Occupational Characteristics and the Obesity Wage Penalty
Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 16-12, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-23
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 21 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 30 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads
1,397
30.
Research and Policy Issues in High-Skilled International Migration: A Perspective with Data from the United States
IZA Discussion Paper No. 366
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 27 Sep 2001
Working Paper Series
National Foundation for America Policy
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1,362
31.
Do Women in Top Management Affect Firm Performance? A Panel Study of 2500 Danish Firms
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1708
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 11 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Aarhus University - Department of Economics, Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences and Aarhus University - Centre for Research in Social Integration and Marginalization (CIM)
Downloads
1,360
32.
Lehman Sisters
FIRN Research Paper
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 17 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 03 Sep 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford and University of Queensland - Business School
Downloads
1,358
33.
Corporate Boardroom Diversity: Why Are We Still Talking About This?
17 The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice 219 (2015)
Number of pages: 86
Posted: 30 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 18 Jan 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Western Carolina University - College of Business
Downloads
1,328
34.
Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey
Peterson Institute for International Economics Working Paper No. 16-3
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 10 Feb 2016
Working Paper Series
Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics and Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics
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1,221
35.
Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Firm Performance: What Exactly Constitutes a 'Critical Mass'?
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 22 Feb 2012
Last Revised: 29 Aug 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Tuebingen - School of Business and Economics, University of Tuebingen - School of Business and Economics and University of Tuebingen
Downloads
1,167
36.
Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism
Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Last Revised: 09 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, University of South Florida - School of Accountancy and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management
There are 4 versions of this paper
Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism
Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Last Revised: 09 May 2014
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1,132
Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism
Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2015, Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 1/2014
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 11 Jan 2014
Last Revised: 29 Sep 2015
Downloads
325
Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism
Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 1/2014
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 21 Oct 2015
Downloads
91
Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 18 Mar 2009
Downloads
34
Downloads
1,132
37.
Medical Problems and Bankruptcy Filings
Norton's Bankruptcy Adviser, May 2000
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 09 May 2000
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School, University of Virginia - Office of the President and University of North Carolina School of Law
Downloads
1,110
38.
Is There a Glass Ceiling in Sweden?
IZA Discussion Paper No. 282
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 23 Apr 2001
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University - Department of Economics, Stockholm University and Georgetown University
Downloads
1,109
39.
Audit Partner Identification and Characteristics: Evidence from U.S. Form AP Filings
Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 19 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 12 Nov 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Colorado at Denver, Bentley University - Department of Accountancy and Northeastern University - Accounting Group
Downloads
1,096
40.
An Empirical Analysis of Judging Bias by Sex, Region & Side
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 25 Feb 2011
Last Revised: 09 Jul 2011
Working Paper Series
Texas A&M School of Law and University of Florida
Downloads
1,071
41.
Is Gender in the Eye of the Beholder? Identifying Cultural Attitudes with Art Auction Prices
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 06 Dec 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford, Luxembourg School of Finance, Finance Discipline Group - UTS Business School and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
Downloads
1,061
42.
Gender and Board Activeness: The Role of a Critical Mass
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 23 Jun 2011
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Michigan State University - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Gender and Board Activeness: The Role of a Critical Mass
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 23 Jun 2011
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2015
Downloads
1,016
Does the Gender of Directors Matter?
Edmond J. Safra Working Papers, No. 8
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 29 Apr 2013
Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014
Downloads
487
Downloads
1,016
43.
The Ethics of Tax Evasion: A Case Study of Opinion in Thailand
Andreas School of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 03 Oct 2006
Working Paper Series
Fayetteville State University - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,014
44.
The Gender Dimensions of Globalization of Production
ILO Working Paper No. 17
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 03 Jan 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Hertfordshire, University of Sussex - Publications Office and University of Sussex, Institute of Development Studies
Downloads
970
45.
Employment Discrimination
Cornell Law School Working Paper No. 5530
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 12 May 1999
Working Paper Series
Cornell Law School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Employment Discrimination
Cornell Law School Working Paper No. 5530
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 12 May 1999
Downloads
959
Employment Discrimination
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (2000): 1
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 23 Dec 2015
Downloads
20
Downloads
959
46.
Maternity Leave Legislation, Female Labor Supply, and the Family Wage Gap
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2699
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 19 Apr 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Rochester and Government of the Federal Republic of Germany - Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Downloads
933
47.
The Female Audit Fee Premium
Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2015
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 03 Jun 2010
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB
Downloads
917
48.
Divorce Rates, Marriage Rates, and the Problematic Persistence of Traditional Marital Roles
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 01 Jun 2000
Working Paper Series
Arizona State University College of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Divorce Rates, Marriage Rates, and the Problematic Persistence of Traditional Marital Roles
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 01 Jun 2000
Downloads
913
Divorce Rates, Marriage Rates, and the Problematic Persistence of Traditional Marital Roles
Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2000
Posted: 01 Jun 2000
Downloads
913
49.
Identity, Overconfidence, and Investment Decisions
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 12 Aug 2015
Last Revised: 03 Sep 2015
Working Paper Series
Boston College
Downloads
913
50.
What Happens When a Woman Wins an Election? Evidence from Close Races in Brazil
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 06 Feb 2012
Last Revised: 30 Aug 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Warwick - Department of Economics and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
Downloads
906
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