about the impact of cumulative advantages on gender inequality over the course of a career. Does the Matthew effect … effects between these “Matthew effects” and gender inequality have not received much attention in sociology, little is known … intensify gender disadvantages, or does it cancel them out? Using a panel dataset covering the period from 1900 to 2010 which …

traits on gender differences in career chances.We compare manager’s and other white collar employees in Germany’s private … gender differences in career chances. Nevertheless, personality traits might indeed play a role but more indirectly: Some of … strongly point to the need of a gender neutral environment outside and inside of companies to enforce equal career chances for …

Abstract We report findings from the research project „Women's Career Development in Natural Science’s Research Teams …” that consider career conditions of female and male scientists in non-university research institutions. Especially during … the career-relevant postdoc phase, female scientists are confronted with problematic working time cultures and …