The significance of social interaction has become an increasingly important part of economic thought and models through the work on peer effects, social norms, and networks. Within this literature, a novel focus of ranking within groups has emerged. The rank of an individual is usually defined as the ordinal position within a specific group. This could be the work environment or a classroom, and much ...
Newspaper coverage of firms’ CEOs is highly gendered. This presents a bias in itself but it might also have consequences for investments into the firm. In a survey experiment (N=tbd), we identify the causal impact of differential newspaper coverage for female and male CEOs on four outcomes: expected firm performance, investment into the firm, expected CEO ‘survival’, and expected performance in...
I present first descriptive evidence on gender differences and stereotypes in newspaper coverage of company board members in Germany through quantitative text analysis. Regularized regression shows that family-related terms are predictive of an article being about a woman. An association of women with family and men with careers is also shown in dictionary-based analyses using the term frequency...
Der Fach- und Arbeitskräftemangel ist ein anhaltend großes Problem für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Deutschland. Zur Auflösung der Fußnote[1] Verschiedene politische Handlungsoptionen zur Lösung oder Abmilderung des Arbeitskräftemangels werden immer wieder diskutiert: beispielsweise die Zuwanderung von Fachkräften aus dem Ausland, Zur Auflösung der Fußnote[2] die stärkere Mobilisierung von älteren ...
DIW-Studie zur Entwicklung der Arbeitszeiten seit Wiedervereinigung – Gesamtvolumen steigt, durchschnittliche Wochenarbeitszeit sinkt – Insbesondere Mütter wünschen sich häufig, mehr zu arbeiten – Förderung der Frauenerwerbstätigkeit könnte Fachkräftebedarf mildern Im wiedervereinigten Deutschland wurde noch nie so viel gearbeitet wie im Jahr 2023. Gleichzeitig ist die durchschnittliche Wochenarbeitszeit ...
In many European countries, men and women differ significantly in the amount of informal care work they provide for relatives, with women acting as caregivers far more frequently than men. This difference, known as the gender care gap, varies considerably between European countries, with Germany somewhere in the middle of the distribution. This Weekly Report analyzes the institutional, societal, and ...