Sind in einem Land viele Frauen erwerbstätig, ist der Gender Pay Gap tendenziell höher – Lohnlücke in Deutschland aber auch bei Berücksichtigung dieses Zusammenhangs mit am größten in Europa – Vor allem nordeuropäische Länder zeigen, dass es auch anders geht Der Gender Pay Gap ist in Deutschland auch dann einer der höchsten in Europa, wenn ...
Die Frauenanteile in den Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen in Deutschland sind im vergangenen Jahr weiter gestiegen. In den 200 umsatzstärksten Unternehmen gab es im vierten Quartal des Jahres 2020 mit 101 Vorständinnen sieben mehr als ein Jahr zuvor. Hier wie auch in einigen anderen Unternehmensgruppen gewann die Entwicklung aber kaum an Dynamik. So lag der entsprechende Frauenanteil bei den Top-200-Unternehmen ...
Over the past years, the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of major companies in Germany has increased. As this second report in the DIW Women Executives Barometer 2021 shows, this has a meaningful, positive impact on the supervisory boards of many companies, and affects interactions between members, discussions, and decision-making. These findings are based on qualitative interviews with ...
The proportion of women on the boards of large companies in Germany continued to increase during 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2020, there were 101 female executive board members in the 200 largest companies, seven more than in 2019. However, growth was slow, as it was in some of the other groups of companies as well: The proportion of women on the executive boards of the top 200 companies (around ...
We study the employment effects of a large increase in the early retirement age (ERA) of women. Raising the ERA has the potential to extend contribution periods and to reduce the number of pensioners at the same time. However, workers may not be able to work longer or may choose other social support programs as exit routes from employment. Results suggest that the reform increases employment, unemployment ...