Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership

David Matsa and Amalia Miller

No WR-842, Working Papers from RAND Corporation

Abstract: This paper examines the role of women helping women in corporate America. Using a merged panel of directors and executives for large U.S. corporations between 1997 and 2009, the authors find a positive association between the female share of the board of directors in the previous year and the female share among current top executives. The relationship's timing suggests that causality runs from boards to managers and not the reverse. This pattern of women helping women at the highest levels of firm leadership highlights the continued importance of a demand-side "glass ceiling" in explaining the slow progress of women in business.

JEL-codes: G34 J16 J71 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
Date: 2011-03
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