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The effect of board age diversity on the gender pay gap
Dijkstra, Carlijn Josephine (2025) The effect of board age diversity on the gender pay gap.
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| Abstract: | Women systematically get paid less than men which is one of the biggest gender inequalities in today’s world. Still researchers have not been able to entirely explain why this is the case. This thesis explores the relationship between the age diversity within the board of directors and the gender pay gap in United Kingdom firms. The gender pay gap is defined as the difference in earnings between men and women. In this thesis several Ordinary Least Squares regressions and correlation analysis were conducted. This research has found that there is a significant positive relationship between the age diversity of the board and the gender pay gap meaning more age diversity leads to an increase in the gender pay gap. Knowing the causes and effects of the gender pay gap may help to decrease and hopefully close the gender pay gap. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 85 business administration, organizational science |
| Programme: | International Business Administration BSc (50952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106784 |
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