Female Hires and the Success of Start-up Firms
研究了初创企业首批员工中女性的比例与企业成功的关系，发现拥有女性首批员工的企业更成功、市场存活时间更长。
In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with female first hires are more successful and stay longer in the market. We conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms.