Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series
Publication Date
2025
Publication Title
Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics
Abstract
The number of women on public company boards has increased dramatically in recent years. We study where these women directors came from and how they were absorbed. Since 2018, women with board experience obtain significantly more board seats than their male counterparts. Women directors are also more likely to have no previous board experience than men, indicating movement on both the intensive and extensive margin. Adding a woman director is associated with a transitory increase in board size roughly one third of the time. This increase is offset when an existing director rolls off. The bulk of this reversion happens within one year, and boards return to preaddition size within three years.
Number
990
Recommended Citation
Cziraki, Peter and Robertson, Adriana, "Continuity and Change on Corporate Boards" (2025). Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series. 990.
https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/law_and_economics/1097
