Public Attention to Gender Equality and Board Gender Diversity
研究发现公众对性别平等的关注度提高会促使企业增加董事会中的女性比例，且这种效应在已有性别平等文化的企业中更明显。企业会从更广泛的女性人才库中选聘董事，但不会降低董事会技能水平。
Abstract We document that heightened public attention to gender equality is associated with an increase in board gender diversity. Improvements in diversity are more pronounced in firms with a corporate culture that is already sympathetic to gender equality. When public attention to gender equality increases, firms reach out to a larger pool of women, such as women without industry experience or outside their network, but female director appointments do not appear to be dilutive of the board’s skills. Instead, we observe less reliance on connections for director appointments and a decrease in the propensity to appoint connected men.