Network Connections and Board Seats: Are Female Networks Less Valuable?
利用丹麦劳动力市场数据，研究发现专业网络规模越大，首次成为董事的概率越高，但男性从中获益更大，部分原因是男性更多连接到大公司、上市公司和男性，这些特征提升了任命概率。
We investigate how sizes of professional networks affect the probability of appointment to a supervisory board and whether the effect is gendered. Using an employer-employee data set of the Danish labor market, 1995–2011, we find larger networks to associate with a higher probability of becoming a first-time director. The effect is larger for men. One explanation is that men, compared with women, have more connections to larger and listed firms and to other males—attributes that increase the appointment probability. Women who have connections to incumbent directors before being appointed director have more labor market experience than other directors.