Book contents
- Gender Equality and Public Policy
- Gender Equality and Public Policy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Scenario
- 3 From Public Policy to Gender Equality
- 4 How Women Affect Public Policy
- 5 How Women Affect Firms’ Outcomes
- 6 Global Challenges, Gender and Public Policy
- 7 Conclusions
- Appendix Useful Methods to Identify the Relationship between Gender and Public Policy
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - How Women Affect Firms’ Outcomes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2020
- Gender Equality and Public Policy
- Gender Equality and Public Policy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Scenario
- 3 From Public Policy to Gender Equality
- 4 How Women Affect Public Policy
- 5 How Women Affect Firms’ Outcomes
- 6 Global Challenges, Gender and Public Policy
- 7 Conclusions
- Appendix Useful Methods to Identify the Relationship between Gender and Public Policy
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter presents evidence on individual psychological attributes and preferences of men and women which combine to identify the female ‘style of leadership‘. It then focuses on women as decision-makers in business positions and presents empirical analysis to test some of the predictions of the impact of female leadership on firms’ outcomes using rigorous identification strategies. The empirical analysis is organized by outcome: firms’ business performance, firms’ social and sustainability performance, firms’ international performance (export and trade) and labour market outcomes. Cross-country analysis with fixed effects as well as more detailed country analyses for two selected countries, Norway and Italy, are provided.
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- Gender Equality and Public PolicyMeasuring Progress in Europe, pp. 83 - 121Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020