Thema Gender

Führungskräfte-Monitor 2017: Update 1995-2015

The Gender Gap in Competitiveness: Women Shy away from Competing with Others, but Not from Competing with Themselves

Women are less willing than men to compete against others. This gender gap can partially explain the differences between women’s and men’s education and career choices, and the labor market disparities that result. The experiments presented here show that even though women are less willing than men to compete against others, they are just as willing as men are to take on the challenge of improving ...

Frauen messen sich weniger an anderen als Männer, aber kein Unterschied beim Wettbewerb gegen sich selbst

Frauen sind im Durchschnitt seltener bereit, in Wettbewerb mit anderen Personen zu treten als Männer. Dieser Gender Gap in der Neigung zu konkurrieren ist einer von vielen Gründen für Unterschiede in den Bildungs- und Karriereentscheidungen von Frauen und Männern und für weitere Gender Gaps am Arbeitsmarkt. Neue ökonomische Experimente zeigen jedoch, dass Frauen in gleichem Ausmaß wie Männer geneigt ...

Do Women in Highly Qualified Positions Face Higher Work-To-Family Conflicts in Germany than Men?

Changing employment conditions lead to new chances, but also new risks for employees. In the literature, increasing permeability between occupational and private life is discussed as one special outcome of this development that employees must face, especially those in highly qualified positions. Drawing on existing research, we investigate in how far women and men in those positions differ in their ...

Why Do Women Favor Same-Gender Competition? Evidence from a Choice Experiment

This paper addresses the behavioral puzzle of women’s preference for competition when competitors are also women. Using a framed field experiment with 883 non-standard subjects, we show that none of the determinants of competitive behavior in general, including ability, self-confidence and risk aversion, provide a satisfying explanation for women’s substantive gender-related selection into competition. ...

Fathers, Parental Leave and Gender Norms

Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers’ quota in parental leave schemes. In this paper, we analyze whether the introduction of the fathers’ quota in Germany in 2007, that caused a sharp increase in the take-up of ...

Do Women in Highly Qualified Positions Face Higher Work-To-Family Conflicts in Germany than Men?

Changing employment conditions lead to new chances, but also new risks for employees. In the literature, increasing permeability between occupational and private life is discussed as one special outcome of this development that employees must face, especially those in highly qualified positions. Drawing on existing research, we investigate in how far women and men in those positions differ in their ...

Arbeit 4.0 – Blind Spot Gender

Unter dem Titel "Arbeit 4.0 – Blind Spot Gender" findet am 22. September 2016 die 3. Gender Studies Tagung statt. Das DIW Berlin veranstaltet die Tagung in Kooperation mit der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Eine Übertragung findet via Livestream statt.

Spotlight: Gender Pay Gap

Der Gender Pay Gap liegt in Deutschland bei rund 21 Prozent. Elke Holst, Forschungsdirektorin Gender Studies am DIW Berlin, zählt verschiedene Gründe auf, warum Frauen im Schnitt immer noch weniger verdienen als Männer: "Ursachen können Erwerbserfahrung und Bildung sein, aber auch ob jemand in Teilzeit oder Vollzeit arbeitet oder jemand eine Führungsposition innehat oder...

Spotlight: Weltfrauentag

Zum Weltfrauentag ist Elke Holst, Forschungsdirektorin Gender Studies, optimistisch, obwohl es im Hinblick auf Gendergleichstellung noch einige Herausforderungen gibt. Vor allem in der Bezahlung zeige sich, dass Frauen gegenüber Männern noch immer benachteiligt sind. "Im europäischen Vergleich belegt Deutschland einen der hinteren Plätze", sagt Holst.