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Financial sector: Share of women on corporate boards increases slightly but men still call the shots

Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 3, pp. 27-38

employed in the financial sector. As is generally known, the presence of women in senior management in particular is a … prerequisite for their promotion to top management bodies. The companies would therefore be well advised to improve the career …

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Corporate boards of large companies: More momentum needed for gender parity

Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 6 (2016) 3, pp. 13-25

Germany's large corporations still have a long way to go before achieving balanced representation of men and women on their boards. At the end of 2015, the share of women on the executive boards of the top 200 companies in Germany was a good six percent, an increase of less than one percentage...

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Women still the exception on executive boards of Germany's large firms: Gradually increasing representation on supervisory boards

Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 3, pp. 3-15

The trend toward more women on the corporate boards of German companies continued in 2013, albeit on a small scale. The share of women on the supervisory boards of the 200 largest companies increased by more than two percentage points, and thus at a somewhat higher rate than in recent years, to...

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Financial sector: Upward trend in share of women on corporate boards progressing only in small steps

Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 3, pp. 17-25

Last year, more women were appointed to the executive boards of major financial institutions. The share of women on the executive boards of banks and savings banks at the end of 2013 was a good six percent, which represents an increase of almost two percentage points over the previous year. This...

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Financial sector: Banks fall behind and now have a lower proportion of women on executive and advisory boards than insurance companies

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 16-28

Women are still in the clear minority among the financial sector's top decision-making bodies. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, 21 percent of the supervisory and administrative board members of the 100 largest banks were female. The number has stagnated...

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Top decision-making bodies in large companies: Gender quota shows initial impact on supervisory boards executive board remains a male bastion

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 1/2, pp. 3-15

The gender quota for supervisory boards that has been mandatory since January 2016 has shown an initial impact. According to DIW Berlin's Women Executives Barometer, at the end of 2016, there were more women on the supervisory boards of the 106 companies subject to the statutory quota than one...

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Women Still Greatly Underrepresented on the Top Boards of Large Companies

Holst, Elke; Wiemer, Anita - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 7, pp. 45-53

management boards has hardly changed at all in the last few years. It remains to be seen whether the plan to gradually increase … the number of women in management positions, as agreed upon in the German government's 2009 Coalition Agreement, will have … virtually unchanged gender composition of top management in large private-sector companies. …

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Differences in full-time work experience explain almost a quarter of the gender pay gap in management positions

Holst, Elke; Marquardt, Anne - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 34/35, pp. 315-324

Women still earn less than men on average in Germany. This applies to management positions even more: between 2010 and …

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Women on high-level boards of banks and insurance companies: Growth coming to a standstill on supervisory boards

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 3, pp. 33-45

likely to be promoted to senior management positions than in any other sector. This is due to, among other things …, particularly inflexible working structures for managers, which ensure that women are hardly represented in middle management …

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Increasing Number of Women on Supervisory Boards of Major Companies in Germany: Executive Boards Still Dominated by Men

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 9 (2019) 3, pp. 17-32

The gender quota for supervisory boards is continuing to show its impact: the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of the 200 highest-performing companies in Germany increased by over two percentage points to 27 percent the past year. In the 100 largest companies, it increased by over...

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