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Female leaders and gender gaps within the firm: Evidence from three Sub‐Saharan African countries

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  • Giulia La Mattina
  • Gabriel Picone
  • Alban Ahoure
  • Jose Carlos Kimou

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We study the association between the gender of the highest‐ranking manager (the CEO) and gender differences in employees’ outcomes using detailed linked employer–employee data from the formal sector in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal. Our empirical strategy relies on the inclusion of firm fixed effects and workers’ characteristics. Our results point toward a negative correlation between female CEOs and the relative wages and job satisfaction of female employees. However, female employees working under a female CEO who owns the firm are not paid less than their male colleagues.

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  • Giulia La Mattina & Gabriel Picone & Alban Ahoure & Jose Carlos Kimou, 2018. "Female leaders and gender gaps within the firm: Evidence from three Sub‐Saharan African countries," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(4), pages 1432-1460, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:rdevec:v:22:y:2018:i:4:p:1432-1460
    DOI: 10.1111/rode.12403
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    1. José J. Domínguez, 2021. "The Effectiveness of Committee Quotas; The Role of Group Dynamics," ThE Papers 21/12, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada..
    2. Domínguez, José J., 2023. "Diversified committees in hiring processes: Lab evidence on group dynamics," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).

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