Sex Discrimination and Female Top Managers: Evidence from China
We examine whether sex discrimination contributes to the underrepresentation of female executives in large corporations. China’s strong cultural preference for sons has made newborn boys greatly outnumber newborn girls. Using the male-to-female sex ratio at birth as the proxy for discrimination agai...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
2016
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 138, Issue: 4, Pages: 683-702 |
Further subjects: | B
Sex ratio
B J71 B G30 B China B Turnover B Executive Compensation B Sex discrimination B Gender B Female executives |
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