The Effects of Board Gender Quotas: A Meta-Analysis

Costanza De Acutis (), Andrea Weber and Elisabeth Wurm ()
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Costanza De Acutis: Central European Forum for Migration and Population Research, Warsaw
Elisabeth Wurm: Central European University

No 17333, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We use a meta-analysis to summarize the recent literature evaluating effects of the introduction of gender quotas on company boards. We collect data from 51 studies on policies implemented in 11 countries from which we extract 496 estimates. The literature considers the effects of quota policies on a wide range of outcome variables which we group in four categories. The findings of the meta-analysis contribute to the discussion of boardroom quota policies by mitigating some concerns of negative impacts and pointing out areas where more policy action is needed.

Keywords: corporate governance; diversity; gender quota; meta-analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 G3 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2024-09
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Published - published in: Labour Economics, 2024, 91, 102634

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