Prejudices and stereotypical beliefs about the role of women in society often limit their chances of reaching top … positions in Germany building on a review from a cross-national perspective of women's progress to high-ranking positions and of … initiatives to overcome the glass ceilingʺ. Suggestions are made for improving the situation of women in order to permit more …

confined to men. In particular, administrative data from public pension systems are less reliable for women because of the … analyze a large data set from the German public pension scheme on women who died between 1994 and 2005, employing both non …-parametric and parametric methods. To overcome the problem mentioned above we concentrate on women with relatively long earnings …

other hand, my results indicate that women's empowerment can be a driving force for the success of female soccer. -- Female … and male soccer ; women’s empowerment ; panel analysis …

This research studies the stylized fact of a "gender gap" in that women tend to have lower financial literacy than men …'s low financial literacy, nor by women's high income and good education. Rather, it seems influenced by country … abilities or secondary school enrollment, and women's strong role in financial affairs. This may indicate ways to reduce the …