Women in Financial Services Exploring Progress towards Gender Equality /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Birindelli, Giuliana (Author), Iannuzzi, Antonia Patrizia (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XXV, 358 p. 7 illus., 6 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93471-2
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. An overview of legal measures, voluntary rules, indexes, and certifications concerning gender diversity in the banking industry
  • 3. Women and bank performance: theoretical background and literature review
  • 4. Data on female representation in banks
  • 5. The gender pay gap in the financial sector: Where do we stand?
  • 6. Gender diversity in the insurance industry: Progress made and next steps
  • 7. Women in the asset management sector
  • 8. How central are women in Central Banks?
  • 9. Gender diversity in banks and insurance companies: The state of art
  • 10. A case of temporary (extended) “hard quotas”: Gender diversity in Italian banks
  • 11. Proposing a framework for calculating an index on gender equality in financial firms.