Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 13
Cover Image
Gender-Specific Occupational Segregation, Glass Ceiling Effects, and Earnings in Managerial Positions : Results of a Fixed Effects Model
Busch, Anne - 2011
The study analyses the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions in Germany based on data from the German … Germany to use time-constant unobserved heterogeneity and gender-specific promotion probabilities to estimate wages and wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130942
Cover Image
Remittances and Gender : Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Holst, Elke - 2011
reunification in the destination country and decreases remittances. Third, the structure of the existing social network in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130944
Cover Image
Occupational Sex Segregation and Management-Level Wages in Germany : What Role Does Firm Size Play?
Busch, Anne - 2012
The paper analyzes the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions based on German panel data and using fixed-effects models. It deals with the effect of occupational sex segregation on wages, and the extent to which wage penalties for managers in predominantly female occupations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106351
Cover Image
Why Men Might 'Have it All' While Women Still Have to Choose between Career and Family in Germany
Trzcinski, Eileen - 2016
it all,” but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013008719
Cover Image
Do Women in Highly Qualified Positions Face Higher Work‐To‐Family Conflicts in Germany than Men?
Busch-Heizmann, Anne - 2018
opportunities. Referring conflicting theoretical arguments, we hypothesize that in Germany - as a conservative welfare state - women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920091
Cover Image
Interrelationships among Locus of Control and Years in Management and Unemployment : Differences by Gender
Trzcinski, Eileen - 2010
This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes for men and women at two opposite poles of the labour market: high level managerial/leadership positions and unemployment. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147958
Cover Image
Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being in and Out of Management Positions
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010
it all”, but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195002
Cover Image
Personality and Career - She’s Got What it Takes
Fietze, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - 2010
The female share in management positions is quite low in Germany. The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women … boards of the top 200 private companies in Germany, only 2.5 percent of members are female. Many studies have focused on the … other white-collar employees in Germany’s private sector. While bivariate results based on data from the German Socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014199805
Cover Image
Bringing Home the Money : Xenophobia and Remittances - The Case of Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2008
The determinants of migrants' remittances are the subject of this study based on German SOEP data (2001-2006). In contrast to previous studies we analyze the motives for remittances not only for foreigners but also for the broader group of individuals with a personal migration background. Major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218892
Cover Image
A Critique and Reframing of Personality in Labour Market Theory : Locus of Control and Labour Market Outcomes
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2011
This article critically examines the theoretical arguments that underlie the literature linking personality traits to economic outcomes and provides empirical evidence indicating that labour market outcomes influence personality outcomes. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014042389