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Markedly more women on executive boards of large companies : inclusion requirement seemingly already having an effect

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 3/4, pp. 20-31

There was a significant increase in the number of women on executive boards of large companies in Germany from 2020 to 2021 after years of slow progress: In fall 2021, there were 139 women on the executive boards of the 200 largest companies, 38 more than in 2020. This is an increase of a good...

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Financial sector : proportion of women in top decision-making bodies is increasing more slowly than at the beginning of the decade : equal gender representation is still a long way...

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 3, pp. 32-45

Over the past year, the proportion of women serving on the executive and supervisory boards of the top 100 largest banks in Germany rose slightly to almost nine and 23 percent, respectively. However, growth has come to a halt in the 60 largest insurance companies: on both executive and...

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Number of women on boards of large firms increasing slowly : legal requirements could provide momentum

Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 11 (2021) 3/4, pp. 20-31

The proportion of women on the boards of large companies in Germany continued to increase during 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2020, there were 101 female executive board members in the 200 largest companies, seven more than in 2019. However, growth was slow, as it was in some of the other...

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Women on high-level boards of banks and insurance companies : growth coming to a standstill on supervisory boards

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 3, pp. 33-45

The proportion of women on executive boards of the 100 largest banks stagnated at almost nine percent in 2018. In the 60 largest insurance companies, the proportion increased by a good percentage point to almost ten percent. While growth on executive boards has been weakening in past years, it...

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Universal Forms of Influence : Support for Women on Boards

Schipani, Cindy A.; Caproni, Paula - 2023

in arguing one of the earliest successful sex discrimination cases, Moritz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, at a time … toward reducing gender discrimination. The universal forms of influence are relevant to anyone who wants to change the …

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Share of women on the executive boards of large companies has increased, but generally Is at most one woman

Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 14 (2024) 3, pp. 17-28

The number of women serving on the executive boards of large companies in Germany once again increased in 2023: Around 18 percent (153 of 875) of executive board members at the 200 largest companies were women as of late fall 2023, two percentage points higher than in 2022. Thus, growth has...

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Proportion of women on top-decision making bodies of large companies increasing, except on supervisory boards in the financial sector

Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 4/5, pp. 32-42

The share of women on executive boards of large companies in Germany has increased somewhat more strongly than in previous years. The top 200 companies reached the ten percent mark for the first time: women held 14 more board positions than in the previous year, 94 out of 907. Growth was also...

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More women on supervisory boards: increasing indications that the effect of the gender quota extends to executive boards

Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 4/5, pp. 44-49

The statutory gender quota for supervisory boards is effective: the proportion of women on supervisory boards has increased over the past years, especially in the companies subject to the quota. But is the quota creating trickle-down effects for executive boards? As the second part of the DIW...

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Do anonymous job application procedures level the playing field?

Åslund, Olof; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2007

Anonymous application procedures (AAP) are increasingly promoted as a way to combat employment discrimination. The idea …

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Falling Between the Cracks : Discrimination Laws and Older Women

McLaughlin, Joanne Song - 2020

Theories and evidence suggest that older women may experience unique discrimination for being both old and female in … the workplace. To provide remedy for this type of discrimination – known as intersectional discrimination – legal scholars … argue that age and sex discrimination laws must be used jointly and acknowledge intersectional discrimination (age …

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