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Women in Management and the Gender Pay Gap

We analyze the impact of women’s managerial representation on the gender pay gap among employees on the establishment level using German Linked-Employer-Employee- Data from the years 2004 to 2018. For identification of a causal effect we employ a panel model with establishment fixed effects and industry-specific time dummies. Our results show that a higher share of women in management significantly ...

Should Mama or Papa Work? Variations in Attitudes towards Parental Employment by Country of Origin and Child Age

Employment among mothers has been rising in recent decades, although mothers of young children often work fewer hours than other women do. Parallel to this trend, approval of maternal employment has increased, albeit not evenly across groups. However, differences in attitudes remain unexplored despite their importance for better understanding mothers’ labour market behaviour. Meanwhile, the employment ...

Weg mit diesem Überbleibsel aus dem Patriachat

Transactional Effects between Personality and Religiosity

Do changes in religiosity beget changes in personality, or do changes in personality precede changes in religiosity? Existing evidence supports longitudinal associations between personality and religiosity at the between-person level, such that individual differences in personality predict subsequent individual differences in change in religiosity. However, no research to date has examined whether ...

How Flexible Electrification Can Integrate Fluctuating Renewables

To phase out fossil fuels, energy systems must shift to renewable electricity as the main source of primary energy. In this paper, we analyze how electrification can support the integration of fluctuating renewables, like wind and PV, and mitigate the need for storage and thermal backup plants. Using a cost-minimizing model for system planning, we find substantial benefits of electricity demand in ...

Weg mit diesem Überbleibsel aus dem Patriarchat

Die Abschaffung des Ehegattensplittings schafft mehr Freiheit, Gerechtigkeit und Wohlstand. Reformvorschläge liegen auf dem Tisch – die Politik muss sie nur umsetzen. Der SPD-Vorsitzende Lars Klingbeil schlägt vor, das Ehegattensplitting abzuschaffen. Dies wäre nicht nur einer der größten Fortschritte seit Langem für die Gleichstellung und Armutsbekämpfung, sondern es wäre ein essenzielles Element, ...

Digitisation and Renaissance of the Manufacturing Industry in Major Cities: The Case of Berlin

The rise of digitisation will cause a major upheaval in the manufacturing industries, bringing changes to traditional industrial location patterns as well. In order to understand the direction these structural changes are taking, this paper analyses the start-up activity in the industrial sector. The frontrunners are metropolitan regions and in particular major cities such as Berlin or Munich. Furthermore, ...

Abwärtstrend im Wohnungsbau: Kein Grund zur Panik, aber der Handlungdruck auf die Politik wächst

Dass es im Wohnungsbau kriselt, ist kein Naturgesetz

Vereinte Kräfte für Geschlechtergleichstellung – was hält uns zurück?

Brauchen einkommensstarke Haushalte das Elterngeld eigentlich? Oder sollte der Staat besser das Ehegattensplitting reformieren, wenn wohlhabende Familien mehr zu den öffentlichen Ausgaben beitragen sollen? Brauchen Väter mehr Anreize, sich in Elternzeit für Kinderbetreuung fit zu machen? Die OECD hat diese und viele andere Aspekte der Gleichstellungspolitik in einem neuen Bericht untersucht....