CEO age and CEO gender: Are female CEOs older than their male counterparts?

Pradit Withisuphakorn and Pornsit Jiraporn

Finance Research Letters, 2017, vol. 22, issue C, 129-135

Abstract: Motivated by the debate on gender inequality, we study CEO gender and CEO age. Because women face significantly more obstacles in advancing their careers, it may take them longer to reach the top position, i.e. the chief executive officer (CEO). If this is the case, female CEOs should be older than their male counterparts on average. Our evidence shows that female CEOs are actually younger on average, approximately two full years younger than male CEOs, after controlling for firm and board characteristics. The two-year difference represents as much as 26% of the standard deviation in CEO age.

Keywords: Female CEOs; Gender diversity; CEO age; Women CEOs; Corporate culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G30 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2016.12.026

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