Overview
- Covers issues behind the gender (in)equality in banks and other financial intermediaries
- Poses critical questions about women’s empowerment and the need to create a more gender-balanced industry
- Focuses on the gender diversity promotion put in place also by central banks
Part of the book series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions (SBFI)
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This book explores gender diversity in the financial system, focusing especially on regulations, disclosure standards, theories and literature on the relationship between women in atypical positions and bank performance, female representation in governance bodies of banks and insurance companies, the gender pay gap and the gender balance in Central Banks. The topics are examined highlighting the progress towards gender equality (SDG 5) and the room for improvement in financial services with implications for policymakers, regulators and researchers in both finance and gender studies.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Giuliana Birindelli is a Full Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at the Department of Management and Business Administration, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, where she teaches Financial Markets and Institutions, and Banking and Finance. She obtained her PhD and post-doctorate degree in Economics at the University of Pisa, Italy.
Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi is an Associate Professor of Financial Market and Institutions at the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy where she teaches the Economics of Financial Intermediaries and Management of Banking and Insurance Institutions at the Department of Economics, Management and Business Law. She holds a PhD in Banking and Finance from the University of Roma “Sapienza”, Italy, and since 2005 has carried out research and teaching activities in banking and financial issues at the University of Bari, Foggia and Catanzaro, Italy.
Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi is an Associate Professor of Financial Market and Institutions at the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy where she teaches the Economics of Financial Intermediaries and Management of Banking and Insurance Institutions at the Department of Economics, Management and Business Law. She holds a PhD in Banking and Finance from the University of Roma “Sapienza”, Italy, and since 2005 has carried out research and teaching activities in banking and financial issues at the University of Bari, Foggia and Catanzaro, Italy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women in Financial Services
Book Subtitle: Exploring Progress towards Gender Equality
Authors: Giuliana Birindelli, Antonia Patrizia Iannuzzi
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93471-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-93470-5Published: 01 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-93473-6Published: 02 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-93471-2Published: 28 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-336X
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3378
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 358
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Financial Services, Gender Studies