Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labor Market Outcomes in Norway
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- Marianne Bertrand & Sandra E Black & Sissel Jensen & Adriana Lleras-Muney, 2019. "Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labour Market Outcomes in Norway," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 86(1), pages 191-239.
- Bertrand, Marianne & Black, Sandra E. & Jensen, Sissel & Lleras-Muney, Adriana, 2014. "Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labor Market Outcomes in Norway," Discussion Paper Series in Economics 28/2014, Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics.
- Marianne Bertrand & Sandra E. Black & Sissel Jensen & Adriana Lleras-Muney, 2014. "Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The Effect of Board Quotas on Female Labor Market Outcomes in Norway," NBER Working Papers 20256, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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gender discrimination; board of directors;JEL classification:
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2014-07-13 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-LAB-2014-07-13 (Labour Economics)
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