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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

highest performing companies in Germany (eight percent). In companies with government-owned shares, the momentum has decreased …

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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

percent of executive board members of the 100 largest banks in Germany. The corresponding figure for the 59 largest insurance …, which was enacted in Germany in May 2015. …

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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 … present study. Germany’s companies still have a long and difficult path ahead of them in order to achieve increased …

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Financial sector: Proportion of women in top decision-making bodies is increasing more slowly than at the beginning of the decade - equal gender representation is still a long way...

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 3, pp. 32-45

banks in Germany rose slightly to almost nine and 23 percent, respectively. However, growth has come to a halt in the 60 …

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Top-decision naking bodies of large businesses: Gender quota for supervisory boards is effective - development is almost at a standstill for executive boards

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 8 (2018) 3, pp. 17-31

The gender quota for supervisory boards in Germany is effective: by the end of 2017, the proportion of women on the … not been a gender quota introduced for executive boards in Germany. The development of the proportion of women on these …

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Momentum in sight for the executive boards of major German companies

Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 11 (2021) 3/4, pp. 17-19

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Gender diversity benefits supervisory board work of many companies

Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Weekly Report 11 (2021) 3/4, pp. 32-38

Over the past years, the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of major companies in Germany has increased. As … companies in Germany. These directors emphasize changes in the general atmosphere, and discussions are described as more …

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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 …

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