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Income distribution in Germany: Real income on the rise since 1991 but more people with low incomes

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 21, pp. 181-190

remained high. These are the findings of the present study based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study. The risk-of-poverty … rate was 16.8 percent in 2015, in comparison to around 11 percent in the mid-1990s. The risk-of-poverty rate among the … migration background - those who were born in a foreign country and then migrated to Germany. The increase in the risk-of-poverty …

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Income inequality in Germany stagnating over the long term, but decreasing slightly during the coronavirus pandemic

Grabka, Markus M. - In: DIW Weekly Report 11 (2021) 17/18, pp. 125-133

Both wages and needs-adjusted household income increased by ten percent between 2013 and 2018, benefiting all income groups. Wage inequality has been declining for many years and has now again reached the level of the early 2000s. At the same time, the low-wage sector shrank by two percentage...

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Real incomes increasing, low-income rate decreasing in individual age groups

Grabka, Markus M.; Goebel, Jan - In: DIW Weekly Report 10 (2020) 17/18, pp. 231-239

The number of employed persons in Germany has grown by over five million since 2000, in part due to an increase in immigration. This development is reflected in private household income, which has increased by 12 percent over the same period. Since 2013, all income groups have been benefiting...

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Mobile money is driving financial development in Africa

Lehmann-Uschner, Katharina; Menkhoff, Lukas - In: DIW Weekly Report 10 (2020) 21/22, pp. 253-259

Mobile money is an innovation that allows financial transactions to be performed via a cell phone. Even in poor regions of Africa, almost everyone has a cell phone; therefore, mobile money could both contribute to the continent's economic growth and ensure that no Africans are excluded from...

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Number of women on boards of large firms increasing slowly: Legal requirements could provide momentum

Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 11 (2021) 3/4, pp. 20-31

The proportion of women on the boards of large companies in Germany continued to increase during 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2020, there were 101 female executive board members in the 200 largest companies, seven more than in 2019. However, growth was slow, as it was in some of the other...

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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

The proportion of women on executive boards of the 100 largest banks stagnated at almost nine percent in 2018. In the 60 largest insurance companies, the proportion increased by a good percentage point to almost ten percent. While growth on executive boards has been weakening in past years, it...

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Proportion of women on top-decision making bodies of large companies increasing, except on supervisory boards in the financial sector

Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 10 (2020) 4/5, pp. 32-42

The share of women on executive boards of large companies in Germany has increased somewhat more strongly than in previous years. The top 200 companies reached the ten percent mark for the first time: women held 14 more board positions than in the previous year, 94 out of 907. Growth was also...

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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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