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Financial development and economic growth: A meta-analysis
Valíčková, Petra; Havránek, Tomáš; Horváth, Roman - 2013
. Studies that do not address endogeneity tend to overstate the effect of finance on growth. While the effect seems to be weaker …
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Finance and wealth inequality
Hasan, Iftekhar; Horváth, Roman; Mares, Jan - 2018
reveals that only a handful of indicators robustly matter and finance plays a key role. It reports that while financial depth … increases wealth inequality, efficiency and access to finance reduce inequality. In addition, redistribution and education are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063480
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Finance and wealth inequality
Hasan, Iftekhar; Horváth, Roman; Mares, Jan - 2018
reveals that only a handful of indicators robustly matter and finance plays a key role. It reports that while financial depth … increases wealth inequality, efficiency and access to finance reduce inequality. In addition, redistribution and education are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951322
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Financial development and economic growth: A meta-analysis
Valickova, Petra; Havranek, Tomas; Horváth, Roman - 2013
. Studies that do not address endogeneity tend to overstate the effect of finance on growth. While the effect seems to be weaker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318426
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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 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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Executive boards remain dominated by men, but change is finally coming
Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 18-19
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Markedly more women on executive boards of large companies: Inclusion requirement seemingly already having an effect
Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 20-31
There was a significant increase in the number of women on executive boards of large companies in Germany from 2020 to 2021 after years of slow progress: In fall 2021, there were 139 women on the executive boards of the 200 largest companies, 38 more than in 2020. This is an increase of a good...
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