"This book explores how mining multi-national corporations influence the lives of women, and the lives those in their community's living close to mining operations in Laos and Thailand. It explores three mining companies in both countries, examines their ideas and actions, and explores theories...

Der Bericht behandelt die Genderunterschiede beim Leistungsbezug in der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung. Weil dieses Leistungssystem stark erwerbszentriert ist und dem Äquivalenzprinzip folgt, widerspiegeln sich unstete Erwerbsverläufe und die insgesamt geringere Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung von...

There is substantial evidence that women tend to support different policies and political candidates than men. Many studies also document gender differences in a variety of important preference dimensions, such as risk-taking, competition and pro-sociality. However, the degree to which...

This paper uses exceptionally rich data on Swedish corporate executives and their personal characteristics to study gender gaps in CEO appointments and pay. Both gaps are sizeable: 18% for CEO appointments and 27% for pay. At most one-eight of the gaps can be attributed to observable gender...

Differences in labor market outcomes for women and men are highly persistent. Apart from discrimination, one frequently mentioned explanation could be differences in the attitude towards competition for both genders. Abundant empirical evidence indicates that multiple influences shape attitudes...