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Why Are There So Few Female Top Executives in Egalitarian Welfare States?
Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2009
We identify pertinent institutions governing the structure of payoffs with regard to female career progression. Drawing on recent insights in behavioral economics, we hypothesize that interactions between psychological mechanisms and the institutional setup may be important determinants of...
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Gendered aspects of globalization
Sen, Sunanda - 2010
We need to go beyond the accepted notions relating to the role of women in the economy and society, especially in terms of what is recognized in mainstream theory and policy as work done by women. Thus, the traditional gender roles, with the man as the breadwinner and the woman in the role of...
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Führt eine Frauenquote zu mehr Gerechtigkeit?: Kommentar
Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 10, pp. 20
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Rent sharing and gender discrimination in collegiate athletics
Lackner, Mario; Zulehner, Christine - 2013
In this paper, we analyze the effect of market power on the share of females in top management positions using data from a market in which some firms have market power due to an institutionalized cartel. We investigate collegiate athletics and interpret coaches as top-level managers or chief...
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Does the liberalization of trade advance gender equality in schooling and health?
Schultz, T. Paul - 2006
status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent …
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Global capitalism theory and the emergence of transnational elites
Robinson, William I. - 2010
. This essay focuses on structural analysis of the distinction between these two fractions of the elite and the implications …
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Globalization and the emergence of a transnational oligarchy
Brezis, Elise S. - 2010
stratification effect will be even stronger. Globalization will bring about the formation of an international technocratic elite with …The aim of this paper is to examine the evolution of recruitment of elites due to globalization. In the last century … recruitment may actually lead to class stratification and auto-recruitment. In this paper, I show that due to globalization, the …
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From elite lawbreaking to financial crime: The evolution of the concept of white-collar crime
Reurink, Arjan - 2016
Despite the ubiquity of illegality in today's financial markets, systematic scrutiny of the phenomenon of financial crime is lacking in the fields of economic sociology and political economy. One field of research in which the illegal behaviors of business elites have long taken center stage is...
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The survival and growth of 'adolescent' high-tech firms in Germany and the UK, 1997-2003
Cowling, Marc; Fryges, Helmut; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527506
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The role of employers in reducing the implementation gap in leave policies
Hipp, Lena; Schlüter, Charlotte; Molina, Stefania - 2022
Although parents in almost all rich democracies are entitled to some form of paid parenting leave, fathers in particular often do not take all the leave available to them. As employers play an important role in the implementation of parenting leave policies, this article investigates what...
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