We’re celebrating International Women’s Day and the theme of gender parity with some first-rate authors: female and male. For even more papers, check out our forthcoming Women and Gender Studies Research Network.

1) Women in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Governance and Performance by Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira

2) Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation by David N. Beede, Tiffany A. Julian, David Langdon, George McKittrick, Beethika Khan, and Mark E. Doms

3) Are Successful Women Entrepreneurs Different from Men? by J. McGrath Cohoon, Vivek Wadhwa, Lesa Mitchell

4) Microfinance and Female Empowerment by Sylvain Dessy and Jacques Ewoudou

5) Does Female Representation in Top Management Improve Firm Performance? A Panel Data Investigation by Cristian L. Dezso and David Gaddis Ross

6) Women-Led Firms and the Gender Gap in Top Executive Jobs by Linda A. Bell

7) Social Justice Feminism by Verna L. Williams and Kristin Kalsem