Improving gender diversity in company boards

introduced through corporate governance codes or legislation. C. Seierstad and M. Huse “Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards in Norway: Ten Years Later ...

Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards: A Holistic Analysis

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Women on Boards – Experience from the Norwegian Quota Reform

legislation specifying gender representation on com- In Norway there are 164 000 private ... Europe the Norwegian corporate boards' quota rule.

The Norwegian Gender Quota Law and its Effects on Corporate

144) compared Norway with other Scandinavian countries they found that the increased proportion of women on boards doubled for Norwegian female directors

Women on Board Policies in Member States and the Effects on

in the economic sphere did not gain attention until the mid-2000s when Norway introduced a gender quota for corporate boards (Lépinard & Rubio-Marín 2018).

Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: Similarities and Differences in

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Valuation Effects of Norways Board Gender-Quota Law Revisited

Funding: The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Centre for Corporate Finance at the Norwegian School of Economics Finans

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Valuation effects of Norways board gender-quota law revisited

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12 févr. 2012 and studies dealing with the issue of gender quotas in corporate management boards and assesses their conclusions regarding the ...

FACT SHEET ON NORWAY - Information supplied by Mari Teigen

The politics of state feminism (Hernes 1987) in Norway can be The Norwegian gender quota legislation for corporate boards applies for a wide range of ...

Exchange of good practices on gender equality Women in

Norway Exchange of good practices in gender equality Norway 10-11 May 2012 2 Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards Mari Teigen Institute for Social Research 1 Introduction The Norwegian parliament adopted in 2003 mandatory gender quotas on corporate boards The law regulates a minimum representation of at least 40 per cent of each

Is Norway the first country to introduce gender quotas in boardrooms?

When Norway became the first country in the world to introduce gender quotas in boardrooms, women comprised only seven percent of the board members in Norwegian companies and state enterprises. Other countries have taken Norway’s lead.

What is the result of the quota law in Norway?

The main result of the quota law is that there now is gender balance in at least some company boardrooms. The just over 200 public limited companies (ASA) are often big, but they are still only few. There are 250,000 private limited companies (AS) which the law does not cover in Norway.

Is there gender equality in Norway?

Exchange of good practices in gender equality, Norway, 10-11 May 2012 10 of a wide spectrum of corporate companies in Norway affected by the quota law revealed that little is happening. There are still mostly men in top-management positions in the largest companies in Norway.

How many women are on the Board of directors in Norway?

In December 2003, the Norwegian Parliament passed a first-of-its-kind law requiring all public-limited firms to have at least 40% representation of women on their boards of directors by July 2005; at the time women held only 9% of board seats.