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Böheim, René; Grübl, Dominik; Lackner, Mario - In: ifo DICE Report 15 (2017) 2, pp. 13-17

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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Gender Differences in Earnings and Leadership: Recent Evidence on Causes and Consequences

Macis, Mario; Tonin, Mirco - In: ifo DICE Report 15 (2017) 2, pp. 18-21

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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Symptoms and Causes: Gender Effects and Institutional Failures

Hashimzade, Nigar; Vershinina, Natalia - In: ifo DICE Report 15 (2017) 2, pp. 22-25

The existence and causes of gender gaps in pay and in occupational choice have been increasingly at the centre of research in economics, sociology, psychology, managerial science, and other fields. The research findings across countries and over time generally suggest that gaps exist and are...

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A "glass-ceiling" effect for immigrants in the Italian labour market?

Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Lucifora, Claudio; Pagani, Laura - 2012

This paper investigates earnings differentials between immigrants and natives. We focus on returns and on the (imperfect) international transferability of human capital. Data are drawn from the 2009 Italian Labour Force Survey (LFS). We show that returns to human capital are considerably lower...

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Tournaments and managerial incentives in China's listed firms: new evidence

Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - 2008

an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …

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