migrant women in Germany. Considering the well-established evidence that immigrant women work less than natives, with statuses … market theory, and the less examined in German research cultural hypothesis. Migrant women's employment status is, in … be less reliable predictors of women's labor supply: higher education attained abroad is only marginally related to women …

This paper argues that the socialist episode in East Germany, which constituted a radical experiment in gender equality … in the labor market and other instances, has left persistent tracks on gender norms. We focus on one of the most … resilient and pervasive gender gaps in modern societies: mathematics. Using the German division as a natural experiment, we show …

This paper argues that the socialist episode in East Germany, which constituted a radical experiment in gender equality … in the labor market and other instances, has left persistent tracks on gender norms. We focus on one of the most … resilient and pervasive gender gaps in modern societies: mathematics. Using the German division as a natural experiment, we show …

This paper investigates if there is state dependence in the gender composition of managers in German establishments. We …

There is a large variation across countries of origin in the gender composition of migrants coming to Germany. We argue … that women's economic rights in developing countries of origin have three effects on their migration prospects to a place … like Germany that is far away and difficult to reach. First, the lower are women's economic rights the fewer women have …

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 …

This article studies the extent of occupational gender segregation in Germany and analyzes the influence of … index. We find that the link between the level of segregation and organizational characteristics such as gender … mainstreaming, formalization and the proportion of women in management positions depends on features of organizational demographics …

This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on … individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and child care, and the gender gaps in these activities, but most research refers to … single countries, and general patterns are rarely explored. Cross-country evidence on gender gaps in paid work, unpaid work …

lower. However, the relationship between GVC and wages differs in respect to gender; women are more affected by the negative …In this paper we examine the linkages between involvement into global value chains (GVCs) and the gender wage … added embodied in exports (FVA/Exp.) We augment the Mincerian regression with GVC variable and report gender wage …

health in 2013 reveals no significant differences between men and women in the countries studied. However, gender … to a reduction in the gender pension gap and in women’s susceptibility to depressive symptoms. …This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that …