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The gender gap in competitiveness : women shy away from competing with others, but not from competing with themselves
Mollerstrom, Johanna; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 22/23, pp. 219-225
Women are less willing than men to compete against others. This gender gap can partially explain the differences … between women’s and men’s education and career choices, and the labor market disparities that result. The experiments … presented here show that even though women are less willing than men to compete against others, they are just as willing as men …
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Fathers, parental leave and gender norms
Unterhofer, Ulrike; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2017
Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and … women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in … caused a sharp increase in the take-up of parental leave by fathers, has changed the attitudes towards gender roles in the …
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Fathers, parental leave and gender norms
Unterhofer, Ulrike; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2017
Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and … women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in … caused a sharp increase in the take-up of parental leave by fathers, has changed the attitudes towards gender roles in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641608
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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 : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 3, pp. 32-45
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 …
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Fathers, Parental Leave and Gender Norms
Unterhofer, Ulrike - 2017
Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and … women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in … caused a sharp increase in the take-up of parental leave by fathers, has changed the attitudes towards gender roles in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957493
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Fathers, Parental Leave and Gender Norms
Unterhofer, Ulrike - 2017
Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and … women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in … caused a sharp increase in the take-up of parental leave by fathers, has changed the attitudes towards gender roles in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958730
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15 Jahre Elterngeld: Auswirkungen und Reformoptionen
Wrohlich, Katharina; Zucco, Aline - 2023
Am 1. Januar 2007 wurde in Deutschland das Elterngeld eingeführt. Zahlreiche empirische Studien haben gezeigt, dass dessen Ziele insofern erreicht wurden, als sich die Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern ab dem zweiten Lebensjahr des Kindes erhöht hat. Wir zeigen zudem, dass das Elterngeld den...
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15 Jahre Elterngeld : Auswirkungen und Reformoptionen
Wrohlich, Katharina; Zucco, Aline - 2023
Am 1. Januar 2007 wurde in Deutschland das Elterngeld eingeführt. Zahlreiche empirische Studien haben gezeigt, dass dessen Ziele insofern erreicht wurden, als sich die Erwerbsbeteiligung von Müttern ab dem zweiten Lebensjahr des Kindes erhöht hat. Wir zeigen zudem, dass das Elterngeld den...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014248541
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While gender quotas for top positions in the private sector differ across EU countries, they are effective overall
Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 32-39
This second report in the DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer 2022 explores the designs and effects of gender quotas … draft directive for more equal representation of men and women on the boards of large companies appears helpful. The … across Europe, coming to the conclusion that they are an effective instrument for increasing the share of women in top …
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Gender diversity benefits supervisory board work of many companies
Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 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 … this second report in the DIW Women Executives Barometer 2021 shows, this has a meaningful, positive impact on the … comprehensive and multi-faceted. Women also appear to be more likely to question the executive board’s proposals and decisions and …
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