| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 產業經濟研究所 === 107 === This paper using the data from the global representative Enterprise Surveys of the World Bank is aiming to examine the impact of women in top executive jobs and female employees on the firm performance. The data are divided into two parts. The first part uses the one-year survey data of the developing economies. The second part uses the two-year balanced panel dataset and use ordinary least squares model and logit model to analyze the effect of female variables on the firm productivity.
As a whole, female in top management would significantly improve the firm’s labor productivity. If we increase the proportion of women in white-collar workers will also has a considerable positive impact on firm performance. The empirical results of each industry category show that the role of female managers and the proportion of female workers is particularly important in retail and service industries. If we consider the country's overall gender awareness, hiring women as top managers in countries that do not attach importance to gender equality can significantly enhance firm performance. In addition, the changes in the type of top managers within two survey years will also affect the average annual labor growth rate of the firm. Compared with the firms that have not employed women in top management in both survey years, the selection of female managers in the second year can be more beneficial to improve the overall labor productivity of the firms.
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