Female top managers and firm performance

This paper uses firm-level data worldwide to investigate productivity gaps between female and male-managed companies in developing and developed countries and compare the outcomes obtained for different regions in the world. The main aim is to shed some light on the debate around the existence of pe...

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subjects Africa, Northern
Asia, Eastern
Confluence
Developed countries
Developing countries
Economic aspects
Empowerment
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Evaluation
Female
Females
Feminism
Gender differences
Gender equity
Health aspects
Humans
International organizations
Labor economics
Labor productivity
LDCs
Male
Males
Methods
Organizational Culture
Ownership
Participation
People and Places
Productivity
Professional development
Sex discrimination
Social aspects
Social Sciences
South Africa
Women
Women executives
title Female top managers and firm performance
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