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...

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...

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...

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...

Studies of peer-to-peer lending in the USA find that female borrowers have better chances of getting funds than males. Is differential treatment of borrowers of different sexes a common feature of peer-to-peer lendingmarkets or is it subject to specific businessmodels, ways of fixing loan...

We investigate whether the willingness to take investment risk is a sex-linked trait and link the results to the country’s gender equality regime. Our empirical analysis involves household data on financial asset holdings as well as on self-reported risk tolerance for Austria, Italy, the...