Women with M.B.A.s have fared during the recession as well as their male counterparts, according to a new study by New York nonprofit research group Catalyst.

The study, scheduled to be released Tuesday, analyzed data from 873 M.B.A.s who graduated between 1996 and 2007 from top business schools in Asia, Canada, Europe and the U.S. The respondents were surveyed about their experiences between November 2007 and June 2009, as the economic downturn intensified.

The...