Over the past year, the proportion of women serving on the executive and supervisory boards of the top 100 largest … largest insurance companies: on both executive and supervisory boards, the proportion of women has sunk to almost nine and 22 … percent, respectively. For over ten years, DIW Berlin has been investigating to what extent women are represented in the top …

The proportion of women on executive boards of the 100 largest banks stagnated at almost nine percent in 2018. In the … sector as well. In 2018, the proportion of women on financial sector supervisory boards remained at around 23 percent. If the … top bodies to be composed of equal numbers of men and women. Compared to men, women in the financial sector are less …

Prejudices and stereotypical beliefs about the role of women in society often limit their chances of reaching top … positions in Germany building on a review from a cross-national perspective of women's progress to high-ranking positions and of … initiatives to overcome the glass ceilingʺ. Suggestions are made for improving the situation of women in order to permit more …

, especially those in highly qualified positions. Drawing on existing research, we investigate in how far women and men in those … opportunities. Referring conflicting theoretical arguments, we hypothesize that in Germany - as a conservative welfare state - women … that women in highly qualified positions perceive higher WFC than men. This association is explained by women's lower …