Due to conventional gender norms, women are more likely to be in charge of childcare than men. From an employer’s perspective, in their fertile age they are also at “risk” of pregnancy. Both factors potentially affect hiring practices of firms. We conduct a large-scale correspondence test in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, sending out approx. 9,000 job applications, varying job candidate’s personal ...
This study analyses the relationship between life expectancy and parental education. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and survival analysis models, we show that maternal education is related to children's life expectancy – even after controlling for children's own level of education. This applies equally to daughters and sons as well as to children's further life expectancies ...
Noch immer sind Frauen in Spitzengremien der Privatwirtschaft deutlich unterrepräsentiert. Um dem entgegenzuwirken, haben in den vergangenen Jahren mehrere europäische Länder gesetzliche Geschlechterquoten eingeführt. Andere bauen – zumindest bisher – auf bloße Empfehlungen zu Gender Diversity in den nationalen Leitlinien zur Unternehmensführung. Wie ein deskriptiver Vergleich der Entwicklung des Frauenanteils ...
Women remain significantly underrepresented in the top decision-making bodies in the private sector. Over the past few years, increasingly more European countries have introduced statutory gender quotas to combat this underrepresentation. Other European countries have instead relied on voluntary gender diversity recommendations in the national corporate governance codes. Statutory gender quotas are ...
Die extrem lockere Geldpolitik der letzten Jahre hat Befürchtungen aufkommen lassen, dass Haushalte mit bestimmten demografischen und finanziellen Merkmalen übermäßig stark vom Niedrigzinsumfeld profitieren. Die Geldpolitik erscheint in diesem Zusammenhang als ein möglicher Faktor, der die Vermögensungleichheit zwischen den Geschlechtern verstärkt, da Frauen erwiesenermaßen risikoscheuer, weniger kompetent ...
The ultra-loose monetary policy of recent years has raised concerns that the low interest rate environment may overly benefit households with specific demographic and financial characteristics. In this context, monetary policy can be a potential driver of gender wealth inequality, since women are known to be more risk averse, less financially literate, and to participate less in the financial markets ...