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Real income rose significantly between 1991 and 2014 on average: First indication of return to increased income inequality

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 5, pp. 47-57

stagnated or even decreased in the interim periods. The proportion of people at risk of poverty has recently become greater … again. Gainful employment still provides the most effective protection against income poverty, but more and more employed … childless coupled households - this could also reduce the number of children at risk of poverty. …

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Income inequality remains high in Germany: Young singles and career entrants increasingly at risk of poverty

Goebel, Jan; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 25, pp. 325-339

until 2005 and has remained at the same high level ever since. At the same time, the risk of poverty in Germany increased … significantly between 2000 and 2009, and is currently at approximately 14 percent. The risk of poverty has risen significantly for … young singles (up to the age of 35) in particular. Their at-risk-of-poverty rate increased by 12 percentage points since …

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Financial sector: Share of women on corporate boards increases slightly but men still call the shots

Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 3, pp. 27-38

In 2015, the share of women in the top decision-making bodies of the financial sector increased once again but men remain in the overwhelming majority and thus continue to call the shots. At the end of 2015, women made up just under eight percent of executive board members of the 100 largest...

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Financial sector: Upward trend in share of women on corporate boards progressing only in small steps

Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 3, pp. 17-25

Last year, more women were appointed to the executive boards of major financial institutions. The share of women on the executive boards of banks and savings banks at the end of 2013 was a good six percent, which represents an increase of almost two percentage points over the previous year. This...

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Women's likelihood of holding a senior management position is considerably lower than men's - especially in the financial sector

Holst, Elke; Friedrich, Martin - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 37, pp. 449-459

Women remain grossly underrepresented in management positions in Germany. However, what has been dubbed the gender leadership gap, i.e., the difference between the share of all employees who are women and the share of women in senior management positions, varies considerably across different...

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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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Financial sector: Share of women in top decision-making bodies remains low

Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2014) 4, pp. 49-58

At the end of 2014, women were no better represented on the top decision-making bodies of enterprises in the financial sector than the previous year. The share of women on the executive boards of the 100 largest banks and savings banks remained at an average of almost seven percent and on the...

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The German financial sector: Male dominance in top decision-making bodies remains pervasive

Holst, Elke; Schimeta, Julia - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 3 (2013) 3, pp. 16-24

In the German financial sector, the majority of employees are women, but it is still men who hold the top positions. With women making up only 4.2 percent of the boards of the largest banks and savings banks, they were still vastly underrepresented at the end of 2012 (up 1 percentage point from...

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Passed over for promotions: Women still severely underrepresented on financial sector boards

Holst, Elke; Schimeta, Julia - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 2 (2012) 4, pp. 15-23

Opportunities to increase the proportion of female board members in Germany's financial sector were missed during post-crisis period of management shakeups. As of 2011, the proportion of women on executive boards was still as low as in previous years: 3.2 percent in Germany's 100 largest banks...

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Brexit: What's at Stake for the Financial Sector?

Miethe, Jakob; Pothier, David - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 31, pp. 364-372

The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union will have far- reaching implications for the British financial sector. London is currently the financial capital of Europe, and the UK's financial institutions benefit from passport rights that allow them to provide their services throughout the...

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