Female CEOs and Business Impact: Insights from Prof. Luca Flabbi’s Research on Gender and Performance

Prof. Luca Flabbi, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, shares compelling insights from his research, “Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance.” Dr. Luca is a labor economist with a research focus on gender inequality, household and labor market dynamics, and the use of search models to analyze economic behavior. Prior to this, he served as a Senior Research Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank and as an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from New York University, with a dissertation focused on gender differentials in the U.S. labor market. His research spans labor economics, applied microeconomics, and microeconometrics, with particular interests in search and matching models, gender disparities and discrimination, informality, inequality, wage dynamics, schooling choices, intergenerational mobility, and bargaining behavior in labor markets and households. Professor Flabbi has been affiliated with the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) since 2005 and has been a Research Fellow there since 2008. This podcast is brought to you by Global Management Consultancy. For more information, please visit www.globalmanagementconsultancy.com. Disclaimer: A. The background music used in this video is the property of its respective developer and is protected by Copyright. Although it is a free version, Business Talk, Global Management Consultancy and Deepak Bhatt do not hold the rights to this music. B. Prof. Luca Flabbi has generously shared profound insights from his research on “Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance,” during his appearance on the Business Talk podcast channel. The uploaded video contains copyrighted material; therefore, any modifications to graphics, music, or the presence of the author or host are strictly prohibited. All content is © 2025. All rights reserved.