Corporate board gender quotas didn’t lead to more female bosses in Italy

Italy’s introduction of gender quotas for corporate boards produced the expected increase in female representation on boards, but not the hoped-for “spillover” effect  in terms of women’s representation of the top ranks of executives at these companies, according to a discussion paper from the IZA, a German trade union-backed think tank. In short, it appears the mere presence of women on corporate boards does not necessarily imply that they will be more sympathetic to female candidates.