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Project Citation: 

Agarwal, Sumit, Qian, Wenlan, Reeb, David M., and Sing, Tien Foo. Replication data for: Playing the Boys Game: Golf Buddies and Board Diversity. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113451V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We study the participation of women in golf, a predominately male social activity, and its influence on their likelihood of serving on a board of directors. Exploiting a novel dataset of all golfers in Singapore, we find that woman golfers enjoy a 54% higher likelihood of serving on a board relative to male golfers. A woman's probability of serving on the board in a large firm or in a predominately male industry increases by 117% to 125% when she plays golf. Joining the boy's informal network appears to facilitate women's entrance or success in the executive labor market.

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      G34 Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Voting; Proxy Contests; Corporate Governance
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      M12 Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
      M51 Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions


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