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The role of endogeneity in the relationship between board gender diversity and corporate social performance: evidence from a control function method

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  • Rey Đặng

    (ISTEC Business School – Paris)

  • L.’Hocine Houanti

    (EM Normandie Business School & Métis Lab)

  • Michel Simioni

    (University of Toulouse)

  • Jean-Michel Sahut

    (IDRAC Business School)

Abstract

Due to a contrasting empirical literature, we revisit the influence of board gender diversity (BGD) on corporate social performance (CSP) by carefully considering the thorny issue of endogeneity, which plagues this matter. Building on stakeholder theory (Freeman, Freeman, R. E. (1984). Strategic management: A stakeholder approach. Pitman.; Freeman et al., Freeman et al., Organization Science 15:364–369, 2004), we used a correlated random effects (CRE) Chamberlain-Mundlak approach and Wooldridge’s (Wooldridge, Journal of Human Resources 50:420–445, 2015) control function (CF) method to take into account the classical endogeneity issue (unobserved heterogeneity and reverse causality) (Adams, Adams, The Leadership Quarterly 27:371–386, 2016) and dynamic endogeneity (Wintoki et al., Wintoki et al., Journal of Financial Economics 105:581–606, 2012) in panel data setting. Using a sample from the 2020 Fortune 1000 list during the 2004–2020 period, we find that the impact of BGD is positive and significant on CSP. Additionally, we clearly show that the BGD-CSP relationship is endogenous and dynamic by nature. Consequently, this study sheds new light by highlighting (1) the importance of endogeneity, (2) the dynamic relationship between BGD and CSP, and (3) how combined FC-CRE approaches can alleviate these issues.

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  • Rey Đặng & L.’Hocine Houanti & Michel Simioni & Jean-Michel Sahut, 2025. "The role of endogeneity in the relationship between board gender diversity and corporate social performance: evidence from a control function method," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 347(1), pages 333-365, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:347:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s10479-023-05682-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10479-023-05682-y
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    Keywords

    Corporate social performance; Board gender diversity; Stakeholder theory; Endogeneity; Control function;
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    JEL classification:

    • C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
    • C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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