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-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting couples men's net worth, on average, is 33,000 euros higher than women's. We ….g., self-employment, no migration background, inheritances, high income) that decrease the wealth gap for women increase it for …
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and proceeded until the beginning of 2015, when the German parliament enacted a board gender quota. In that period, the … share of women on supervisory boards for 111 German publicly listed and fully codetermined companies (i.e. those which are … investigate whether the rise in female board representation was accompanied by a change in gender differences in board member …
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Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
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The theory of differential overqualification, developed by Robert Frank (1978), claims that married women in smaller …
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gender when these choices are taken. Our results corroborate the hypothesis that teacher gender matters in this regard, and … boys when having a same-sex teacher in this subject in grade 10, teacher gender matters only for girls with respect to …
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The objective of the study is to investigate the changing role of explanatory factors of wealth and the gender wealth … population have been decreasing for both women and men since 2002 and that the wealth gap has decreased by 13.5% to 30.700â …'¬. The growing labor market participation of women and the resulting occupational structure has a positive effect on women …
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analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index …. If control variables are added, estimates are split by gender and different effects of over- and underweight people are …. Underweight women earn more and overweight less than others. For normal-weight men the income is on average higher than for over …
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We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to examine gender differences in probability, duration, and intensity of … firm-sponsored training. We find that women in the for-profit sector are less likely to receive classroom training, and … receive shorter classroom training courses. However, we find the reverse in the non-profit sector, with women being more …
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, especially those in highly qualified positions. Drawing on existing research, we investigate in how far women and men in those … positions differ in their perceived work-to-family conflicts (WFC), considering the mediating role of gender specific job … opportunities. Referring conflicting theoretical arguments, we hypothesize that in Germany - as a conservative welfare state - women …
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these issues and investigate potential gender differences, considering both instantaneous feelings and life satisfaction. …
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