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Do trustees and administrators matter? : diversifying the faculty across gender lines
Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Jakubson, George; Martin, Mirinda L. - 2009
Our paper focuses on the role that the gender composition of the leaders of American colleges and universities- trustees, presidents/chancellors, and provosts/academic vice presidents - plays in influencing the rate at which academic institutions diversify their faculty across gender lines. We...
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Breaking the glass ceiling? : the effect of board quotas on female labor market outcomes in Norway
Bertrand, Marianne; Black, Sandra E.; Jensen, Sissel; … - 2014
In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited liability companies. The primary objective of this reform was to increase the representation of women in top positions in the corporate sector and decrease gender disparity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370129
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Women and power : unwilling, ineffective, or held back?
Casas-Arce, Pablo; Saiz, Albert - 2011
We develop a model that nests previous explanations for women under-representation in positions of power. Focusing on democratic electoral dynamics, our framework delineates the three types of mechanisms that may be at play: consumer demand, candidate supply, and internal party dynamics beyond...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009238542
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Do women manage smaller funds?
Hübler, Olaf; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2010
Based on a sample of 467 asset managers from four countries we robustly find that women manage smaller funds than men, despite tough competition in this industry. Interestingly, the gender gap exists only for managers of smaller funds, i.e. at the lower end of the hierarchy, as quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940519
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Germany's next top manager : does personality explain the gender career gap?
Jebsen, Simon; Holst, Elke; Tobsch, Verena - 2010
women and men in management positions and other white-collar employees in Germany's private sector 2007. While bivariate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008780282
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What’s the difference?! : gender, personality, and the propensity to start a business
Furdas, Marina; Kohn, Karsten - 2010
Women start fewer businesses than men. The start-up rate among women in Germany falls short of males' start-up rate by …-scale population survey on start-up activity in Germany. As a unique feature, the data combine socio-demographic characteristics …. -- Entrepreneurship ; gender difference ; start-up propensity ; decomposition analysis ; KfW Start-up Monitor ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941456
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More female manager hires through more female managers? : evidence from Germany
Bossler, Mario; Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten - 2016
This paper investigates if there is state dependence in the gender composition of managers in German establishments. We analyze whether the number of hired female managers (respectively the share of females within hired managers) depends on the past hiring decisions of an establishment. Using...
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The effect of female leadership on establishment and employee outcomes : evidence from linked employer-employee data
Gagliarducci, Stefano; Paserman, Marco Daniele - 2014
In this paper we use a large linked employer-employee data set on German establishments between 1993 and 2012 to investigate how the gender composition of the top layer of management affects a variety of establishment and worker outcomes. We use two different measures to identify the gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436156
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Businesswomen in Germany and their performance by ethnicity : it pays to be self-employed
Constant, Amelie (contributor) - 2008
wages and the labor market success of two kinds of entrepreneurial women in Germany - self-employed and salaried …-employment sector that offers better opportunities and monetary success. Self-employed women in Germany fare well and most importantly …
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Immigrant versus native businesswomen : proclivity and performance
Constant, Amelie (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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