Table 5.

Determinants of the proportion of women on the board

 (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
VariablesFemale directors (%)Female directors (%)Female directors (%)Female directors (%)Female directors (%)Female directors (%)
Family Firm6.432*** (4.68)17.827*** (4.18)16.375*** (3.90)15.520*** (3.59)18.363*** (4.71)8.950** (2.35)
Board Size−0.399 (−1.05)−0.287 (−0.23)−0.107 (−0.09)−0.350 (−0.29)0.244 (0.21)−0.601 (−0.49)
Indep. Dir  −0.301** (−2.43)−0.323** (−2.55)−0.300** (−2.42)−0.374*** (−2.86)
Inst. Owner  −10.185* (−1.94)−9.824 (−1.86)−7.653 (−1.55)−8.736* (−1.69)
Firm Size−1.571** (−2.49)−4.011*** (−2.61)−4.080*** (−2.71)−3.965*** (−2.60)−4.116*** (−2.77)−3.945*** (−2.59)
Firm Age−0.063 (−1.14)−0.159 (−1.21)−0.101 (−0.77)−0.108 (−0.82)−0.093 (−0.72)−0.067 (−0.51)
ROA−0.101 (−1.48)−0.229 (−1.42)−0.214 (−1.35)−0.219 (−1.37)−0.231 (−1.47)−0.207 (−1.33)
Market-to-book0.716** (2.13)2.191*** (2.86)2.222*** (3.09)2.241*** (3.11)2.211*** (3.08)1.506* (1.94)
Risk−0.005 (−0.37)0.002 (0.07)0.002 (0.06)0.003 (0.10)−0.001 (−0.05)0.002 (0.05)
Year effectYesYesYesYesYesYes
N2,9652,9652,9652,9652,9652,965
R2/Pseudo R20.08910.02070.02510.02360.02940.0200

Notes:

This table presents results from OLS [Model (1)] and Tobit regressions [Models (2) to (6)]. Year dummies are included. The effect of the constant term is omitted. In all models, the dependent variable is the proportion of female directors on the board [female directors (%)]. In Columns 4 through 6, we use alternative family firm definitions (family ownership varies from 10% to 40%). The t-statistics are reported in parentheses on robust standard errors clustered at the firm level. ***, ** and * denotes statistical significance at the 1, 5 and 10% levels, respectively

Source: Authors’ own work

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