Breen, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-5857-9938, Gillanders, Robert ORCID: 0000-0001-9462-0005, McNulty, Gemma ORCID: 0000-0002-6909-6958 and Suzuki, Akisato (2015) Gender and corruption in business. Journal of Development Studies, 53 (9). pp. 1486-1501. ISSN 0022-0388
Abstract
Are women less corrupt in business? We revisit this question using firm-level data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys, which measure firms’ experience of corruption and the gender of their owners and top managers. We find that women in positions of influence are associated with less corruption: female-owned businesses pay less in bribes and corruption is seen as less of an obstacle in companies where women are represented in top management. By providing evidence that women are, ethically at least, good for business our research contributes to the literature on development, gender equality, and corruption more generally.
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Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Additional Information: | Also published as a working paper with, Helsinki Center of Economic Research (HECER) discussion papers. (Paper No. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/154192). Helsinki Center of Economic Research, Helsinki. ISSN: 1795-0562 |
Subjects: | Business > Business ethics Business > Management Social Sciences > Political science Business > Economics |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | Research Institutes and Centres > Centre for International Studies (CIS) DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1234036 |
Copyright Information: | © 2015 Taylor & Francis |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 20569 |
Deposited On: | 26 May 2015 10:14 by Michael Breen . Last Modified 18 Feb 2021 13:25 |
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