What drives women out of management? The joint role of testosterone and culture

Luigi Guiso; Aldo Rustichini

doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.10.008

What drives women out of management? The joint role of testosterone and culture

Luigi Guiso, Aldo Rustichini

Economics (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

Exploiting variation across communities in indices correlated with women emancipation, we show that in regions where women are less emancipated the average 2D4D Digit Ratio is lower than that of men compared to regions with higher indices, a finding that is consistent with the existence of gender related obstacles into management. This finding can explain why: (a) fewer women than men are managers; (b) the proportion of women among managers is higher in countries with higher women emancipation; (c) women managers show more masculine traits. Once women enter management, they are equally able than man.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	221-237
Number of pages	17
Journal	European Economic Review
Volume	109
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.10.008
State	Published - Oct 2018

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We thank seminar participants at the European University Institute and EIEF. Aldo Rustichini acknowledges financial support of the ESRC grant RES-062-23-1385.

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© 2017 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

Digit Ratio
Management
Managerial ability
Testosterone
Women emancipation

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