Plausibly Exogenous [1828] - Gender Quota (02/03/2025)

LHS Variable
Women directors on firms

RHS Variable
Gender quota

Source of Exogenous Variation
2007 Spanish Gender Equality Act recommending all large public and private Spanish firms to appoint a target of 40 percent of each gender to serve as board directors by 2015

- Mateos de Caba et al. (2019), “Do 'soft law'board gender quotas work? Evidence from a natural experiment”