Thema Gender

Nach der Einführung der Geschlechterquote: Frauenanteile in Aufsichtsräten steigen: Interview mit Alexandra Fedorets

Gender Pay Gap besonders groß bei niedrigen und hohen Löhnen

Noch immer erhalten Frauen im Mittel geringere Löhne als Männer. Auf Basis einer neuen Auswertung von Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) zeigt dieser Bericht, dass sich die mittlere Lohnlücke, der Gender Pay Gap, von Vollzeitbeschäftigten in den letzten drei Jahrzehnten deutlich reduziert hat. Im Zeitraum 2010 bis 2014 lag sie bei 16 Prozent. Die Lohnlücke ist nach wie vor an den Rändern der ...

Der Gender Pay Gap bei Vollzeitbeschäftigten ist in den letzten 30 Jahren auf 16 Prozent gesunken: Interview mit Patricia Gallego Granados

Social Subsidies and Marketization – the Role of Gender and Skill

This paper decomposes the differences in aggregate market hours between US and Europe across gender-skill groups and finds that low-skilled women are the biggest contributors to aggregate differences, with the exception of Nordic countries. We develop a model to account for the gender-skill differences in market hours across countries. Taxes, which reduce market hours in favor of leisure and home production, ...

The Family Working-Time Model: Towards More Gender Equality in Work and Care

Since the millennium, the labour market participation of women and mothers is increasing across European countries. Several work/care policy measures underlie this evolution. At the same time, the labour market behaviour of fathers, as well as their involvement in care work, is relatively unchanging, meaning that employed mothers are facing an increased burden with respect to gainful employment and ...

Top-Decision Making Bodies of Large Businesses: Gender Quota for Supervisory Boards Is Effective—Development Is Almost at a Standstill for Executive Boards

The gender quota for supervisory boards in Germany is effective: by the end of 2017, the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of a good 100 companies that are subject to the quota had risen to 30 percent—three percentage points more than in the previous year. Almost two-thirds of the companies now have supervisory boards with at least 30 percent female members. A European comparison also shows ...

Financial Sector: Proportion of Women in Top Decision-Making Bodies Is Increasing More Slowly Than at the Beginning of the Decade—Equal Gender Representation Is Still a Long Way Off

Over the past year, the proportion of women serving on the executive and supervisory boards of the top 100 largest banks in Germany rose slightly to almost nine and 23 percent, respectively. However, growth has come to a halt in the 60 largest insurance companies: on both executive and supervisory boards, the proportion of women has sunk to almost nine and 22 percent, respectively. For over ten years, ...

Gender Role Asymmetry and Stock Market Participation: Evidence from Four European Household Surveys

This study investigates the importance of social norms for shaping women's and men's decision to participate in the stock market, aiming to disentangle the different channels playing a role in this decision. Gender role asymmetry is indicated by the country's rank in the gender equality index of the World Economic Forum. Using data from four national household surveys, we find that in Italy – the country ...

Convergence or Divergence? Educational Discrepancies in Work-Care Arrangements of Mothers with Young Children in Germany

This study examines how educational differences in work-care patterns among mothers with young children in Germany changed between 1997 and 2013. Since the mid-2000s, Germany has undergone a paradigm shift in parental leave and childcare policies. Our comparative analysis of East and West Germany provides new evidence on whether the long-standing gender regime differences interact with recent developments ...

Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen: Geschlechterquote für Aufsichtsräte greift, in Vorständen herrscht beinahe Stillstand

Die Geschlechterquote für Aufsichtsräte in Deutschland greift: In den Kontrollgremien der gut 100 Unternehmen, die an die Quote gebunden sind, ist der Frauenanteil bis Ende 2017 auf durchschnittlich gut 30 Prozent gestiegen – das waren knapp drei Prozentpunkte mehr als im Jahr zuvor. Fast zwei Drittel der Unternehmen hatten mindestens 30 Prozent Frauen im Aufsichtsrat. In der Gruppe der umsatzstärksten ...