Table 7

Company performance and gender diversity: a quantile regression for the Enterprise value

EVTcoef.St. Err.t-valuep-value[95% conf. interval]sig
Q.25       
GD_0400.002–0.210.837–0.0040.004 
O. GD_050 
GD_07–0.0050.003–1.600.111–0.0110.001 
FI_020.0020.0020.910.363–0.0020.006 
BZ_020.0080.0061.390.166–0.0030.02 
GW0.0010.0011.470.14300.002 
CR–0.0280.001–25.610–0.03–0.026***
DE–0.1050.015–6.980–0.134–0.075***
AGE–0.0010–3.850–0.002–0.001***
PB0.3670.01425.7700.3390.395***
SIZE0.0010.0180.050.956–0.0350.037 
Constant0.5230.0955.5200.3370.71***
Q.50       
GD_040.0060.0022.510.0120.0010.01**
GD_050 
GD_07–0.0080.003–2.660.008–0.014–0.002***
_FI_02–0.0040.002–1.940.053–0.0070*
BZ_020.0140.0034.5400.0080.02***
GW0.0010.0011.180.2400.002 
CR–0.0180.005–3.950–0.028–0.009***
DE–0.0880.021–4.220–0.128–0.047***
AGE–0.0020–5.680–0.002–0.001***
PB0.4810.02222.2600.4380.523***
SIZE–0.0670.015–4.430–0.096–0.037***
Constant0.8830.0899.8900.7081.059***
Q.75       
GD_040.0090.0042.140.0330.0010.018**
GD_050 
GD_07–0.0130.004–3.110.002–0.021–0.005***
FI_02–0.0040.004–1.020.31–0.0120.004 
BZ_020.0030.0060.440.663–0.010.015 
GW0.0020.0011.510.132–0.0010.004 
CR–0.0170.005–3.620–0.027–0.008***
DE–0.0620.026–2.420.016–0.112–0.012**
AGE–0.0010.001–1.160.246–0.0030.001 
PB0.6250.02921.5300.5680.682***
SIZE–0.2180.047–4.660–0.309–0.126***
Constant1.9670.3465.6901.2892.646***
Mean dependent var1.596SD dependent var1.694

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

Source: Authors’ analyses

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