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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 CEO and the relative wages and job satisfaction of female employees.

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  • Giulia La Mattina & Gabriel Picone & Alban Ahoure & Jose Carlos Kimou, 2017. "Female leaders and gender gaps within the firm: Evidence from three sub-Saharan African countries," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-63, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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