Discrimination and Gender Balance in Public Organizations

Abstract

The paper explores different aspects of discrimination at work, with a focus on gender balance and anti-discrimination policies targeting women and other disfavoured categories of personnel. Large public organizations are studied with predilection, as they present characteristics that make the implementation of anti-discrimination policies easier to study in terms of results, costs, and side effects. The conclusions partially diverge from expectations, as disputes around this topic, as well as doubtful implementation, alter the outcome and may even compromise the initial intention of the ruler.