The Brief: Do gender quotas work?
This video explainer is based an Oxford-style debate on the effectiveness of gender quotas hosted by GATE in 2017.
The debate about quotas
Exploring both sides of the gender diversity quota debate, highlighting the latest research on pros and cons, and what to do about it.
Women in the boardroom: Has the time for quotas arrived?
Op-Ed by Sarah Kaplan and Aaron Dhir (Osgoode Hall Law School) in the Globe and Mail
Gender quotas do not thwart meritocracy
Gender quotas increase overall quality of both men and women
Gender quotas work in “tight” cultures, says new paper from the University of Toronto.
Rotman University of Toronto
Strategies to Promote Women Should Vary Across Cultures
Harvard Business Review
Countries with tighter cultures have fewer women in leadership but can implement diversity policies (such as quotas, equal pay) more easily.
2016 Research Roundtable on Gender and the Economy
We convened scholars to discuss the latest findings on gender & the economy, including keynote from Professor Julie Nelson, Univ. of Massachusetts, on "'Essential Natures'?: The Invention of Risk-Averse Women and Bottom-Line Companies," an idea blitz of work in progress & a scholarly debate on quotas.