On International Women’s Day it’s nice to report some more interesting research from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this time showing that gender diversity in senior corporate positions is positively associated with corporate profitability. * The IMF authors (Lone Christiansen, Huidan Lin, Joana Pereira, Petia Topalova and Rima Turk) studied the gender diversity and profitability… Continue Reading
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Some mostly good news on gender equality
Women’s access to health, education, economic opportunity and political power have been improving but the picture is very uneven geographically. Although most indicators improve with economic development the variation shows that a lot can be done even before countries reach western living standards. * Those who think of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as mainly… Continue Reading
Bank executive pay appears rigged against women
Research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York finds evidence that women’s pay in banks is not just lower than that of men but the structure is different, in a way that best be explained by the view that boards decide pay, not based on economic efficiency, but on the basis of power, which… Continue Reading