主讲人：李凯（英属哥伦比亚大学）
讲座摘要： Despite a growing number of countries mandating women on corporate boards, little is known about the impact of these mandates on gender equality outside the boardroom. Exploiting the staggered adoptions of board gender quotas across Europe, we document a significant post-quota drop in the share of female employment across countries and industries. To shed light on the underlying mechanism, we apply textual analysis to job ads in the US to detect gender biases and quantify firms’ labor demand reference for different genders. We find that firms with a high female director share write less female-friendly job ads, discouraging female job applicants. This is especially true for lower-tier jobs, jobs in firms without female top executives, or jobs in industries with little product market competition. Tracking changes around the 2018 California board gender diversity statute for firms headquartered in and outside California reveals causal evidence that mandating women on corporate boards reduces firms’ demand for female labor. Overall, our results highlight that board gender quotas can trigger a backlash among firms, dampening female labor market participation.
时间：11月23日（星期三），早上9：30-11：00
线上会议：腾讯会议（会议号：413 488 123）
主讲人简介： 李凯教授是加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学尚德商学院讲席教授，Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis、Review of Financial Studies、Journal of Corporate Finance、Journal of Financial Stability、Review of Finance、Journal of Banking and Finance、Financial Management等杂志的副主编。近年来她在Journal of Finance，Journal of Corporate Finance，Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis等国际知名学术期刊上发表了多篇论文，并在众多国际会议上获得最佳论文奖等奖项。
主办：中国互联网经济研究院
此次讲座获得北京高等学校卓越青年科学家计划资助（BJJWZYJH01201910034034），特此致谢。
