Do Women in Top Management Affect Firm Performance? A Panel Study of 2500 Danish Firms

Nina Smith, Valdemar Smith and Mette Verner ()

No 1708, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Corporate governance literature argues that board diversity is potentially positively related to firm performance. This study examines the relationship in the case of women in top executive jobs and on boards of directors. We use data for the 2500 largest Danish firms observed during the period 1993-­2001 and find that the proportion of women in top management jobs tends to have positive effects on firm performance, even after controlling for numerous characteristics of the firm and direction of causality. The results show that the positive effects of women in top management depend on the qualifications of female top managers.

Keywords: female CEOs; firm performance; gender diversity; board diversity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G38 J16 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2005-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-fin and nep-lab
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Published - published in: International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 2006, 55 (7), 569 - 593

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