Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 472
Cover Image
Developing advocacy strategies for avoiding dicourse failure through moralizing and emotionalizing campaigns
Will, Matthias Georg; Pies, Ingo - 2019
Advocacy weitestgehend ungeeignet. Dieser Beitrag präsentiert einen beispielhaften Fall, um aufzuzeigen, wie NGOs trotz edler … advocacy NGOs. As we show in an exemplary case, moralizing and emotionalizing campaigns may not-intentionally increase risks …In den letzten Jahren entwickelte sich eine lebhafte Debatte, wie NGOs ineffizientes Verhalten sowie …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025352
Cover Image
Citizen Science and Social Innovation: Mutual Relations, Barriers, Needs, and Development Factors
Klimczuk, Andrzej; Butkeviciene, Egle; Kerla, Minela - 2022
, private, non-governmental (NGOs) organizations as well as non-formal entities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166088
Cover Image
Testing the Female Underperformance Hypothesis
Henrekson, Magnus; Du Rietz, Anita - 1999
Most previous studies have found evidence at the aggregate level that female entrepreneurs underperform relative to their male counterparts. This study conducts a comprehensive test of this finding. The test is conducted on a large Swedish sample of 4200 entrepreneurs (405 females) with 1 to 20...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010334740
Cover Image
Are there Gender-specific Preferences for Location Factors? A Grouped Conditional Logit-Model of Interregional Migration Flows in Germany
Schneider, Lutz; Kubis, Alexander - 2009
The article analyses the question whether women and men differ in their tastes for location factors. The question is answered by quantifying the impact of location characteristics on interregional migration flows across Germany. The analysis is based on a grouped conditional logit approach. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267043
Cover Image
The labor market returns to 'first in family' university graduates
Adamecz-Völgyi, Anna; Henderson, Morag; Shure, Nikki - 2022
The labor market returns to 'first in family' university graduates We examine how first in family (FiF) graduates (those whose parents do not have university degrees) fare on the labor market. We find that among women, FiF graduates earn 7.4% less on average than graduate women whose parents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012886899
Cover Image
The labor market returns to "first in family" university graduates
Adamecz-Völgyi, Anna; Henderson, Morag; Shure, Nikki - 2021
We examine how first in family (FiF) graduates (those whose parents do not have university degrees) fare on the labor market in England. We find that among women, FiF graduates earn 7.4% less on average than graduate women whose parents have a university degree. For men, we do not find a FiF...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604953
Cover Image
Potential impact of daycare closures on parental child caregiving in Turkey
Memiş, Emel; Kongar, Ebru - 2020
Daycares closed on March 16, 2020 in Turkey to prevent the spread of COVID-19. At the same time, the two most common nonparental childcare arrangements in Turkey-care of children by grandparents and nannies-became undesirable due to health concerns and in some cases also unfeasible due to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610206
Cover Image
Frauen erzielen im Durchschnitt nur halb so hohe Einkommen wie Männer
Bach, Stefan - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 35, pp. 803-813
Erstmals wurde für Deutschland eine geschlechtsspezifische Analyse der Einkommensverteilung und der Steuerlastverteilung auf Grundlage der zuletzt verfügbaren Daten aus der Lohn- und Einkommensteuerstatistik 2007 durchgeführt. Danach erzielen Frauen im Durchschnitt nur die Hälfte des...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010397366
Cover Image
Gender, Investment Financing and Credit Constraints
Pelger, Ines - 2011
This paper provides the first evidence on gender differences in investment financing, credit application and credit denial rates in Germany. The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of firms drawn from the KfW Mittelstandspanel, a representative survey of German SMEs for the period from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427597
Cover Image
Male vs. female business owners: Are there differences in investment behavior?
Pelger, Ines - 2011
This paper analyzes gender differences in the investment activity of German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of firms drawn from the KfW Mittelstandspanel, a representative survey of German SMEs for the period from 2003 to 2009. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427612