Germany has a large persistent Gender Pay Gap of 21 %; although this gap is not constant across occupations. The question arises why some occupations have large Gender Pay Gaps while others have only small gaps. Using data from the Structural Earnings Study merged with occupational task information provided by the Federal Labor Office, this paper aims to uncover the relationship between occupational ...
Der Gender Pay Gap beträgt in Deutschland 21 Prozent und ist in Teilen darauf zurückzuführen, dass Männer und Frauen in unterschiedlichen Berufen arbeiten. Allerdings sind auch innerhalb der Berufe beachtliche Verdienstunterschiede zwischen Männern und Frauen zu beobachten, deren Höhe sich aber zwischen den Berufen stark unterscheidet. Der Gender Pay Gap ist in den Berufen besonders stark ausgeprägt, ...
Bezahlte und unbezahlte Arbeit ist in Deutschland noch immer sehr ungleich zwischen Männern und Frauen verteilt. Auch unabhängig von Zeitrestriktionen durch Erwerbsarbeit gibt es eine geschlechtsspezifische Lücke im zeitlichen Aufwand für Hausarbeit und Kinderbetreuung (GenderCare Gap). Das Gesamtvolumen von bezahlter und unbezahlter Arbeit an Wochentagen ist bei Männern und Frauen mit circa elf Stunden ...
Study Objectives: To examine the changes in mothers’ and fathers’ sleep satisfaction and sleep duration across prepregnancy, pregnancy, and the postpartum period of up to 6 years after birth; it also sought to determine potential protective and risk factors for sleep during that time.Methods: Participants in a large population-representative panel study from Germany reported sleep satisfaction and ...
Despite political efforts, balancing work and family life is still challenging. This paper provides novel evidence on the effect of firm level interventions that seek to reduce the work–life conflict. The focus is on how childcare support affects the well-being, working time, and caring behaviour of mothers with young children. Since the mid-2000s and pushed by public policies, in Germany an increasing ...
The gender quota for supervisory boards is continuing to show its impact: the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of the 200 highest-performing companies in Germany increased by over two percentage points to 27 percent the past year. In the 100 largest companies, it increased by over three percentage points to 28 percent. However, there are now indications that the companies are only doing ...
