This paper focuses on gender differences in the role played by locus of control within a model that predicts outcomes … unemployment. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the extent to which gender differences occur in … the development of one particular aspect of personality, that is, locus of control. Overall gender differences were more …

looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …The female share in management positions is quite low in Germany. The higher the hierarchical level, the fewer women … boards of the top 200 private companies in Germany, only 2.5 percent of members are female. Many studies have focused on the …

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … it all", but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …

The paper analyzes the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions based on German panel data and using fixed … managers in predominantly female occupations are moderated by firm size. Drawing on economic and organizational approaches and … more established "old-boy networks" of large firms. -- Gender pay gap ; managerial positions ; occupational sex segregation …

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self … it all", but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address …

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 …

newly introduced statutory minimum wage of 8.50 Euro per working hour in Germany on the gender wage gap. In our first …

This paper investigates whether personality traits can explain glass ceilings (increasing gender wage gaps across the … wage distribution). Using longitudinal survey data from Germany, the UK, and Australia, I combine unconditional quantile … up to 14.5% of the overall gender wage gap. However, controlling for personality traits does not lead to a significant …

The study analyses the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions in Germany based on data from the German … Germany to use time-constant unobserved heterogeneity and gender-specific promotion probabilities to estimate wages and wage … Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for the years 2001-2008. It focuses in particular on gender segregation in the labor …

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 … public sector the sign of the coefficient changes. The results for eastern Germany are different with respect to satisfaction …