Gender diversity and firm performance: evidence from Dutch and Danish boardrooms
Drawing on the business case for gender diversity, this article examines whether board gender diversity has a positive effect on firm performance, based on evidence from the Netherlands and Denmark. We use empirical data on 186 listed firms observed in 2007. Almost 40% have at least one woman in the boardroom. Within boards, the average share of women is only 5.4%. To investigate the impact of board gender diversity, two-stage least-squares estimation is applied, using Tobin’s Q as a measure of performance. Our findings indicate that on the basis of this data-set, there is no relation between... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
| Schlagwörter: | board diversity / corporate governance / female board representation / firm performance / Taverne / Management of Technology and Innovation / Strategy and Management / Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27455839 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/335186 |
Drawing on the business case for gender diversity, this article examines whether board gender diversity has a positive effect on firm performance, based on evidence from the Netherlands and Denmark. We use empirical data on 186 listed firms observed in 2007. Almost 40% have at least one woman in the boardroom. Within boards, the average share of women is only 5.4%. To investigate the impact of board gender diversity, two-stage least-squares estimation is applied, using Tobin’s Q as a measure of performance. Our findings indicate that on the basis of this data-set, there is no relation between board diversity and firm performance.