Unlocking Female Employment Potential in Europe: Drivers and Benefits
Departmental Papers, March 1, 2016
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- Authors: Lone Engbo Christiansen, Huidan Huidan Lin, Joana Pereira, Petia Topalova, Rima A Turk
- Published: March 1, 2016
- Series: Departmental Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513562513.087
Summary
- With an aging population and declining productivity growth, Europe faces serious challenges to raising its output growth.
- Various gender gaps in the labor market compound these challenges: fewer women than men participate in Europe’s labor market; women are more likely to work part time; a smaller share of women reaches senior corporate positions.
- The paper investigates the drivers of female labor force participation in Europe and the effects of greater gender diversity in senior corporate positions on Europe’s economic performance.
- Reexamination is motivated by stalled progress in closing the gender gap in many European countries despite greater gender equality in human capital investment, declining birth rates, changing social norms, and equal legal access to employment opportunities.
- The inquiry into firm performance with greater female senior representation responds to inconclusive empirical evidence from past research.
Authors and Publication
- By Lone Engbo Christiansen, Huidan Huidan Lin, Joana Pereira, Petia Topalova, Rima A Turk
- March 1, 2016
- Departmental Papers 2016, 002 (2016)
Major themes and analyses
- Drivers of female labor force participation
- Examination of why the process of closing the gender gap has stalled in many European countries despite:
- greater gender equality in human capital investment
- declining birth rates
- changing social norms
- equal legal access to employment opportunities
- Effects of gender diversity in senior corporate positions
- Analysis of whether firm performance could be improved if women held a greater share of senior positions, given inconclusive prior empirical evidence.
- Policy-relevant context
- Framed within Europe’s need to raise output growth amid aging populations and declining productivity growth.
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