Company performance and gender diversity: a quantile regression for the return on assets
| ROA | Coef. | St. Err. | t-value | p-value | [95% conf. interval] | Sig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q.25 | ||||||||||
| GD_04 | 0.169 | 0.058 | 2.90 | 0.004 | 0.055 | 0.283 | *** | |||
| GD_05 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| GD_07 | –0.243 | 0.128 | –1.90 | 0.058 | –0.494 | 0.008 | * | |||
| FI_02 | –0.083 | 0.074 | –1.13 | 0.261 | –0.228 | 0.062 | ||||
| BZ_02 | –0.132 | 0.208 | –0.64 | 0.525 | –0.541 | 0.276 | ||||
| GW | 0.049 | 0.03 | 1.62 | 0.106 | –0.01 | 0.108 | ||||
| CR | –0.381 | 0.096 | –3.97 | 0 | –0.57 | –0.193 | *** | |||
| DE | –1.862 | 0.315 | –5.90 | 0 | –2.481 | –1.243 | *** | |||
| AGE | 0.018 | 0.01 | 1.91 | 0.057 | –0.001 | 0.037 | * | |||
| PB | 2.344 | 0.172 | 13.61 | 0 | 2.006 | 2.682 | *** | |||
| SIZE | –1.145 | 0.691 | –1.66 | 0.098 | –2.501 | 0.211 | * | |||
| Constant | 10.12 | 3.659 | 2.77 | 0.006 | 2.941 | 17.3 | *** | |||
| Q.50 | ||||||||||
| GD_04 | 0.149 | 0.043 | 3.45 | 0.001 | 0.064 | 0.233 | *** | |||
| OGD_05 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| GD_07 | –0.173 | 0.077 | –2.25 | 0.024 | –0.323 | –0.022 | ** | |||
| FI_02 | –0.142 | 0.042 | –3.39 | 0.001 | –0.224 | –0.06 | *** | |||
| _BZ_02 | –0.16 | 0.123 | –1.30 | 0.195 | –0.402 | 0.082 | ||||
| GW | 0.043 | 0.021 | 2.00 | 0.046 | 0.001 | 0.084 | ** | |||
| CR | –0.432 | 0.069 | –6.23 | 0 | –0.568 | –0.296 | *** | |||
| DE | –2.36 | 0.225 | –10.48 | 0 | –2.801 | –1.918 | *** | |||
| AGE | –0.008 | 0.01 | –0.79 | 0.431 | –0.027 | 0.011 | ||||
| PB | 3.188 | 0.243 | 13.15 | 0 | 2.712 | 3.664 | *** | |||
| SIZE | –2.01 | 0.331 | –6.07 | 0 | –2.659 | –1.36 | *** | |||
| Constant | 22.798 | 1.903 | 11.98 | 0 | 19.065 | 26.532 | *** | |||
| Q.75 | ||||||||||
| GD_04 | 0.125 | 0.051 | 2.48 | 0.013 | 0.026 | 0.224 | ** | |||
| GD_05 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| GD_07 | –0.134 | 0.07 | –1.92 | 0.056 | –0.271 | 0.003 | * | |||
| FI_02 | –0.115 | 0.048 | –2.41 | 0.016 | –0.208 | –0.021 | ** | |||
| BZ_02 | –0.187 | 0.112 | –1.67 | 0.095 | –0.406 | 0.033 | * | |||
| GW | 0.047 | 0.026 | 1.83 | 0.068 | –0.003 | 0.098 | * | |||
| CR | –0.04 | 0.118 | –0.34 | 0.733 | –0.272 | 0.191 | ||||
| DE | –2.498 | 0.291 | –8.59 | 0 | –3.068 | –1.927 | *** | |||
| AGE | –0.019 | 0.014 | –1.40 | 0.162 | –0.046 | 0.008 | ||||
| PB | 4.5 | 0.376 | 11.98 | 0 | 3.763 | 5.236 | *** | |||
| SIZE | -2.272 | 0.433 | –5.25 | 0 | –3.121 | –1.422 | *** | |||
| Constant | 26.662 | 2.733 | 9.75 | 0 | 21.299 | 32.024 | *** | |||
| Mean dependent var | 9.654 | SD dependent var | 14.315 | |||||||
| ROA | Coef. | St. Err. | [95% conf. interval] | Sig | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD_04 | 0.169 | 0.058 | 2.90 | 0.004 | 0.055 | 0.283 | ||||
| GD_05 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| GD_07 | –0.243 | 0.128 | –1.90 | 0.058 | –0.494 | 0.008 | ||||
| FI_02 | –0.083 | 0.074 | –1.13 | 0.261 | –0.228 | 0.062 | ||||
| BZ_02 | –0.132 | 0.208 | –0.64 | 0.525 | –0.541 | 0.276 | ||||
| GW | 0.049 | 0.03 | 1.62 | 0.106 | –0.01 | 0.108 | ||||
| CR | –0.381 | 0.096 | –3.97 | 0 | –0.57 | –0.193 | ||||
| DE | –1.862 | 0.315 | –5.90 | 0 | –2.481 | –1.243 | ||||
| AGE | 0.018 | 0.01 | 1.91 | 0.057 | –0.001 | 0.037 | ||||
| PB | 2.344 | 0.172 | 13.61 | 0 | 2.006 | 2.682 | ||||
| SIZE | –1.145 | 0.691 | –1.66 | 0.098 | –2.501 | 0.211 | ||||
| Constant | 10.12 | 3.659 | 2.77 | 0.006 | 2.941 | 17.3 | ||||
| GD_04 | 0.149 | 0.043 | 3.45 | 0.001 | 0.064 | 0.233 | ||||
| OGD_05 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| GD_07 | –0.173 | 0.077 | –2.25 | 0.024 | –0.323 | –0.022 | ||||
| FI_02 | –0.142 | 0.042 | –3.39 | 0.001 | –0.224 | –0.06 | ||||
| _BZ_02 | –0.16 | 0.123 | –1.30 | 0.195 | –0.402 | 0.082 | ||||
| GW | 0.043 | 0.021 | 2.00 | 0.046 | 0.001 | 0.084 | ||||
| CR | –0.432 | 0.069 | –6.23 | 0 | –0.568 | –0.296 | ||||
| DE | –2.36 | 0.225 | –10.48 | 0 | –2.801 | –1.918 | ||||
| AGE | –0.008 | 0.01 | –0.79 | 0.431 | –0.027 | 0.011 | ||||
| PB | 3.188 | 0.243 | 13.15 | 0 | 2.712 | 3.664 | ||||
| SIZE | –2.01 | 0.331 | –6.07 | 0 | –2.659 | –1.36 | ||||
| Constant | 22.798 | 1.903 | 11.98 | 0 | 19.065 | 26.532 | ||||
| GD_04 | 0.125 | 0.051 | 2.48 | 0.013 | 0.026 | 0.224 | ||||
| GD_05 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| GD_07 | –0.134 | 0.07 | –1.92 | 0.056 | –0.271 | 0.003 | ||||
| FI_02 | –0.115 | 0.048 | –2.41 | 0.016 | –0.208 | –0.021 | ||||
| BZ_02 | –0.187 | 0.112 | –1.67 | 0.095 | –0.406 | 0.033 | ||||
| GW | 0.047 | 0.026 | 1.83 | 0.068 | –0.003 | 0.098 | ||||
| CR | –0.04 | 0.118 | –0.34 | 0.733 | –0.272 | 0.191 | ||||
| DE | –2.498 | 0.291 | –8.59 | 0 | –3.068 | –1.927 | ||||
| AGE | –0.019 | 0.014 | –1.40 | 0.162 | –0.046 | 0.008 | ||||
| PB | 4.5 | 0.376 | 11.98 | 0 | 3.763 | 5.236 | ||||
| SIZE | -2.272 | 0.433 | –5.25 | 0 | –3.121 | –1.422 | ||||
| Constant | 26.662 | 2.733 | 9.75 | 0 | 21.299 | 32.024 | ||||
| Mean dependent var | 9.654 | SD dependent var | 14.315 | |||||||
Notes:
***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1
ROA = return on assets; EVT = enterprise value; GD_04 = proportion of female directors sitting on the board; GD_05 = proportion of male directors sitting on the board; GD_07 = proportion of female executive directors sitting on the board; FI_02 = percentage of independent non-executive women directors on board; CR = current ratio, GW = growth opportunities; PB = price to book ratio; SIZE = company size; AGE = number of years of the company since its incorporation
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