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The emergence of male leadership in competitive environments
Reuben, Ernesto; Rey-Biel, Pedro; Sapienza, Paola; … - 2010
We present evidence from an experiment in which groups select a leader to compete against the leaders of other groups in a real-effort task that they have all performed in the past. We find that women are selected much less often as leaders than is suggested by their individual past performance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009156096
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Selecting talent : gender differences in participation and success in competitive selection processes
Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc - 2019
We investigate whether competitive selection processes generate gender inequality in the context of a prestigious graduate fellowship program. All applications are scored remotely by expert reviewers and the highest ranked are invited to an in-person interview. The data show a very large gender...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060719
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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...
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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]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002181737
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What a difference a y makes : female and male nascent entrepreneurs in Germany
Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002036046