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2011

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Discrimination

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Do Women Top Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using Eeo-1 Records, Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey Jun 2011

Do Women Top Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using Eeo-1 Records, Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey

Economics Department Working Paper Series

The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of management ranks of firms help reduce barriers to advancement in the workplace faced by women. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all industries and states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, we explore the influence of women in top management on subsequent female representation in lower-level managerial positions in U.S. firms. Our key findings show that an increase in the share of female top managers is associated with subsequent increases in the share of women in mid-level management positions …

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Do Women Top Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using Eeo-1 Records, Fidan A. Kurtulus, Donald Tomaskovic‐Devey May 2011

Do Women Top Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using Eeo-1 Records, Fidan A. Kurtulus, Donald Tomaskovic‐Devey

Fidan A Kurtulus

The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of management ranks of firms help reduce barriers to advancement in the workplace faced by women. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all industries and states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, we explore the influence of women in top management on subsequent female representation in lowerlevel managerial positions in U.S. firms. Our key findings show that an increase in the share of female top managers is associated with subsequent increases in the share of women in mid-level management positions …

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