Women in financial services: exploring progress toward gender equality

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Overview of Legal Measures, Voluntary Rules, Indexes, and Certifications Concerning Gender Diversity in the Banking Industry -- 2.1 Gender Diversity in the Banking Industry: Why Is It Generating so Much Attention? -- 2.2 Guidelines and Legal Measures: A Focus on Europe -- 2.3 Gender Quotas for Boards of Directors and Self-Regulatory Initiatives in Europe -- 2.4 Gender Diversity Disclosure: The Non-financial Information -- 2.5 Indexes, Certifications, and the Women's Empowerment Principles -- 2.5.1 Gender Equality Indexes -- 2.5.2 Gender Equality Certifications -- 2.5.3 Principles on Gender Equality -- References -- 3 Women and Bank Performance: Theoretical Background and Literature Review -- 3.1 Main Theories on the Role of Women in the Decision-Making Process -- 3.2 Board Gender Diversity and Bank Economic-Financial Performance: A Positive Linear Relationship -- 3.2.1 The Case of Microfinance Institutions -- 3.3 Studies Supporting a Non-significant, Negative, or Non-linear Relationship Between BGD and Bank Economic-Financial Performance -- 3.4 Board Gender Diversity and Bank Efficiency -- 3.5 Board Gender Diversity and Bank CSR Performance and Disclosure -- 3.5.1 Board Gender Diversity and Bank Environmental Performance -- 3.6 Women on Boards and Bank Risk-Taking -- 3.7 Other Under-Investigated Research Lines on Gender Diversity -- References -- 4 Data on Female Representation in Banks -- 4.1 Introduction: A Brief Overview of Gender Data from the International Monetary Fund -- 4.2 Gender Diversity Data: A Focus on the European Banking System -- 4.3 Other Data -- 4.3.1 Women in Top Positions -- 4.3.2 Comparisons with the United States of America: A Few Brief Considerations -- 4.4 Double Glass Ceiling.