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The effect of gender in firms' top management on corporate profitability

Lambech, Petter; Øverland, Marianne Bech
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2021
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Abstract
In this paper, we investigate how gender in firms’ top management affects firm

profitability, using a large data sample on Norwegian private limited liability firms

(AS firms) from 2000 to 2018. We find evidence that female CEOs have a negative

impact on profitability in firms without board gender diversity and in small firms,

while having a positive effect in larger firms. When dividing into family and nonfamily

firms, the results mostly stay consistent for family firms, in particular those

with family CEOs. Female directors have a negative impact on all our profitability

measures in small firms and no effect in medium-to-large firms. The negative effect

was slightly less negative after the Gender Balance Law, and stronger for family

firms than non-family firms. Our findings suggest that the effect gender has on

profitability depends on a range of factors, highlighting the importance of looking

at gender issues through multiple lenses.
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Masteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Accounting and Business Control - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2021
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