01854cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF016679 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513553283 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Christiansen, Lone Engbo. Gender Diversity in Senior Positions and Firm Performance : Evidence from Europe / Lone Engbo Christiansen, Huidan Lin, Joana Pereira, Petia Topalova. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (29 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines the link between gender diversity in senior corporate positions and financial performance of 2 million companies in Europe. We document a positive association between corporate return on assets and the share of women in senior positions and establish two potential channels through which gender diversity may affect firm performance. The positive correlation is more pronounced in, first, sectors where women form a larger share of the labor force (such as the services sector) and, second, where complementarities in skills and critical thinking are in high demand (such as high-tech and knowledge-intensive sectors). Mode of access: Internet Lin, Huidan. Pereira, Joana. Topalova, Petia. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/050 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2016/050/001.2016.issue-050-en.xml IMF e-Library