This paper first explores the role of digital financial services, e.g. mobile money systems and cryptocurrency-based systems, and their impact on the choice of migrants to send remittances. Secondly we discuss whether alternative remittances sending channels increase access to financial services...

Der vorliegende Band untersucht die scheinbare Geschlechterneutralität von Wissensgeneration und -verbreitung in Wissensnetzwerken in verschiedenen Bereichen der Internationalen Politischen Ökonomie. Vorgestellt wird das Geschlechterwissen-Konzept, welches von der Annahme ausgeht, dass jede...

Unter Experten für Geldanlagen und Finanzprodukte geht man davon aus, dass Frauen risikoscheu sind und in sichere Anlageprodukte investieren. Eine aktuelle Studie des DIW Berlin stellt dies in Frage. Sie zeigt, dass die Wahrscheinlichkeit, Geld riskant anzulegen, für Frauen und Männer gleich...

This study questions the popular stereotype that women are more risk averse than men in their financial investment decisions. The analysis is based on micro-level data from large-scale surveys of private households in five European countries. In our analysis of investment decisions, we directly...

This study questions the popular stereotype that women are more risk averse than men in their financial investment decisions. The analysis is based on micro-level data from large-scale surveys of private households in five European countries. In our analysis of investment decisions, we directly...

This study investigates whether gender discrimination is taking place in an innovative credit market known as peer-to-peer lending. Based on the data of the largest German peer-to-peer lending platform, we observe that female borrowers pay on average higher interest rates than males despite the...