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The gender gap in competitiveness: Women shy away from competing with others, but not from competing with themselves

Mollerstrom, Johanna; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 22/23, pp. 219-225

Women are less willing than men to compete against others. This gender gap can partially explain the differences … striving towards gender equality, this opens up new possibilities for institutionalizing competitive pressure. …

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The "family working-time benefits model" (Familienarbeitszeit): Giving mothers more time for work, giving fathers more time for family

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Neumann, Michael; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 45/46, pp. 595-602

Two years ago, DIW Berlin introduced "Familienarbeitszeit", which offers wage replacement for families in which both partners decide to take on reduced full-time employment (working hours amounting to roughly 80 percent of a full-time job, henceforth referred to as "three-quarters employment")....

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The parental leave benefit: A key family policy measure, one decade later

Huebener, Mathias; Müller, Kai-Uwe; Spieß, C. Katharina; … - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 49, pp. 571-578

On January 1, 2017, the parental leave benefit will be celebrating its tenth anniversary. Although its implementation was fervidly debated, it has become a widely accepted family policy measure. Its impact on parental labor supply, the division oflabor between parents, fertility, and indicators...

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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

largest banks were female. The number has stagnated compared to last year. Since 2010, when the discussion about the gender … be equal. Gender parity in executive boards would be reached in 80 years. The proportion of women on executive boards …

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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 … ensure more balanced gender representation on all executive levels. …

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Gender pay gap varies greatly by occupation

Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 43, pp. 429-435

gender pay gap. However, there are also large differences in earnings between men and women within occupations. These … profession-specific gender pay gaps are smaller in professions with a high proportion of employees in the public sector. This … finding indicates that more transparency with respect to earnings could reduce the gender pay gap in the private economy. …

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