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The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of firms' management ranks help reduce barriers to women's advancement in the workplace. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all industries and states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal Employment...
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The goal of this study is to examine whether women in the highest levels of management ranks of firms help reduce barriers to advancement in the workplace faced by women. Using a panel of over 20,000 private-sector firms across all industries and states during 1990-2003 from the U.S. Equal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287854
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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Career positions in German economic life are still male-dominated, and the driving forces behind success are not yet well understood. This paper contributes to a better understanding by classifying success stories in self-employment and business careers, and by investigating differences between...
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It has been reported that there is dramatic increase of female workers into manager level jobs during last few decades in the US labor market. Using Standard & Poor´s Compustat ExecuComp database over 14 years (1992 - 2005), this paper examines whether the glass ceiling in the executive market...
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In diesem Papier wird die geschlechtsspezifische Verteilung von Führungspositionen in europäischen Banken untersucht. Hierzu werden Ergebnisse einer europaweiten Befragung von Personalleiter/inne/n sowie weiblichen Führungskräften in den jeweils größten Banken der 15 EU-Mitgliedsstaaten...
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This article documents and analyzes the extent and structure of gender-related differences in employment conditions in the business consulting sector in Germany. Using a structural and actor-oriented approach, I tested the hypothesis that the (limited) career paths of women are attributable to...
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Frauen sind in Wissenschaft und Forschung immer noch unterrepräsentiert, in öffentlich finanzierten Einrichtungen genauso wie in der Privatwirtschaft. Vor allem in höherrangigen Positionen ist der Frauenanteil anhaltend gering. In empirischen Studien werden als Verursacher dieses Phänomens...
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Women are globally under-represented in top-tier jobs, and according to recent data, in 2013 only around 20 percent of board members in OECD countries were female (OECD, 2013). In addition, empirical studies using different research strategies and rich data consistently find that women earn less...
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Women's labour market outcomes have improved substantially in the past decades, both in absolute terms and relative to men, in the United States and Western European countries as well as in several other countries around the world. Specifically, gender gaps have narrowed considerably (and in...
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