Data and Code for: Are Some Firms Better for Women’s Careers?

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Garima Sharma, Northwestern University; Shreya Tandon, Harvard University; Lisa Ho, Yale University; Stephanie Hao, Revelio Labs; Pulak Ghosh, IIM Bangalore

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Project Citation:

Sharma, Garima, Tandon, Shreya , Ho, Lisa, Hao, Stephanie, and Ghosh, Pulak. Data and Code for: Are Some Firms Better for Women’s Careers? Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-06-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/E232261V1

Project Description

Summary: This paper examines whether some firms are systematically better at advancing women's careers, focusing on India's corporate sector. Using an identification strategy based on firms' first recruitment events at universities, we compare women who join top-ranked female-friendly firms to peers from prior cohorts. Drawing on LinkedIn career histories, we find that women who start at these firms are significantly more likely to remain at their initial employer, advance to management positions, and take on roles requiring abstract tasks. These effects persist eight years after graduation, suggesting that early placement at supportive firms can have lasting impacts on women's career trajectories.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D22 Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J23 Labor Demand
      M51 Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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