Women Directors The Italian Way and Beyond [Hardcover]

Women Directors analyzes the Italian law on gender quotas in boards as a vital opportunity for the country and a key international case. It provides a broad perspective of the new Italian experience, which has the potential of influencing the way of addressing gender issues worldwide.1. Introduction 2. The International Scenario on Gender Gaps 3. Quotas in Boards: Evidence from the Literature 4. Gender Quotas in Boards across Countries 5. The law 120/2011 6. Key Actions and Actors leading to the Law Implementation 7. First Evidence 8. A comparative Evaluation of the Italian Experience 9. Key Learnings from Italy to Other Countries 10. What is Next?Paola Profeta is Associate Professor of Public Economics at Universit? Bocconi, Italy, where she also coordinates the area of 'Gender' in the Dondena Research Center. She is a member of the monitoring team for Law 120/2011 at the Department of Equal Opportunities (Italian Presidency of Council of Ministries), coordinator of the Bocconi unit for the 'Call of Action' launched by Viviane Reding, scientific advisor of Unicredit and Universities Foundation, and associate editor of CESifo Economic Studies. Her research interests are in public economics, political economics and gender. She has extensively published in leading international journals such as Economic Journal, Economic Policy, European Economic Review and she has written international books. She has coordinated several international projects and organized workshops on the topic of gender equality. She serves as independent director on the board of a listed Italian bank and of a research centre.

Livia Amidani Aliberti is Founder of Aliberti Governance Advisors. She supports her clients as Corporate Governance consultant, and serves on listed and charity boards in Italy and the UK. Engaged in gender diversity research since 2004, Livia holds a postgraduate Level 7 Certil“!