Abstract
Gender diversity in corporate boards and the functioning of compensation committees are two issues that have caught the attention of legislators and regulators in many countries. Using data from 5,630 observations from public companies in the United States, we find that firm and board characteristics are associated with the presence of females on the compensation committee. However, female presence on the compensation committee is not significantly associated with CEO pay (as a proportion of shareholder wealth increase). We then discuss issues related to research on gender diversity in corporate boards, and offer some suggestions for future research on diversity in corporate boards.
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