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Financial sector: Banks fall behind and now have a lower proportion of women on executive and advisory boards than insurance companies

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 16-28

Women are still in the clear minority among the financial sector's top decision-making bodies. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, 21 percent of the supervisory and administrative board members of the 100 largest banks were female. The number has stagnated...

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Top decision-making bodies in large companies: Gender quota shows initial impact on supervisory boards executive board remains a male bastion

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 3-15

The gender quota for supervisory boards that has been mandatory since January 2016 has shown an initial impact. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, there were more women on the supervisory boards of the 106 companies subject to the statutory quota than one...

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Women on high-level boards of banks and insurance companies: Growth coming to a standstill on supervisory boards

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 3, pp. 33-45

likely to be promoted to senior management positions than in any other sector. This is due to, among other things …, particularly inflexible working structures for managers, which ensure that women are hardly represented in middle management …

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Increasing Number of Women on Supervisory Boards of Major Companies in Germany: Executive Boards Still Dominated by Men

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 3, pp. 17-32

The gender quota for supervisory boards is continuing to show its impact: the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of the 200 highest-performing companies in Germany increased by over two percentage points to 27 percent the past year. In the 100 largest companies, it increased by over...

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Executive boards remain dominated by men, but change is finally coming

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 18-19

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Markedly more women on executive boards of large companies: Inclusion requirement seemingly already having an effect

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 20-31

There was a significant increase in the number of women on executive boards of large companies in Germany from 2020 to 2021 after years of slow progress: In fall 2021, there were 139 women on the executive boards of the 200 largest companies, 38 more than in 2020. This is an increase of a good...

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While gender quotas for top positions in the private sector differ across EU countries, they are effective overall

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 32-39

This second report in the DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer 2022 explores the designs and effects of gender quotas across Europe, coming to the conclusion that they are an effective instrument for increasing the share of women in top positions at large companies. Furthermore, the quotas...

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Gender parity on top boards is still a far-off goal, and it is time for companies to take action

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Thompson, Philipp … - In: DIW Weekly Report 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 17-19

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Number of women on boards of large companies keeps growing: Momentum from inclusion requirement, however, is waning

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 20-31

The upward trend in women's representation on executive and supervisory boards of major companies in Germany continued in 2022, although the overall momentum has slowed yet again. Growth on executive boards in particular has slowed, as the most recent DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer shows:...

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Share of women on the executive boards of large companies has increased, but generally Is at most one woman

Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Weekly Report 14 (2024) 3, pp. 17-28

The number of women serving on the executive boards of large companies in Germany once again increased in 2023: Around 18 percent (153 of 875) of executive board members at the 200 largest companies were women as of late fall 2023, two percentage points higher than in 2022. Thus, growth has...

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