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How the Market Can Help Break the Glass Ceiling for Women in Management

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Reference
Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “How the Market Can Help Break the Glass Ceiling for Women in Management”. ProMarket Blog, September 6.

Authors
Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson

A new CEPR working paper investigates how product market competition and gender-specific management career hurdles affect the gender wage gap for managers. The findings suggest that increased product market competition may not only boost the wages of female managers but also improve overall efficiency.

Pehr-Johan Norbäck

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