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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

timely implementation as well as a more modern corporate organization. This way, new role models can be formed and gender … stereotypes can be dismantled. …

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Binding quotas can help achieve gender equality in top decision-making bodies

Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 16/18, pp. 154-155

Gender equality is a deciding factor for economic growth in the European Union. Proportion of women on executive … committees of publicly traded companies is an important component of gender equality policies. Proportion of women on executive … committees is significantly higher in member states with a binding quota than in those without. A binding EU-wide regulation …

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Gender parity on top boards is still a far-off goal, and it is time for companies to take action

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Thompson, Philipp … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 17-19

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Number of women on boards of large companies keeps growing : momentum from inclusion requirement, however, is waning

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 20-31

companies must do the work, as gender parity remains a distant prospect in many places. Most importantly, companies should make …

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Despite rising shares of women on executive and supervisory boards, gender parity remains a far-off goal

Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 15 (2025) 3/4, pp. 17-28

In 2024, the share of women on the top decision-making boards of the largest companies in Germany increased. A solid 19 percent of all executive board members at the 200 largest companies are now women, and almost 26 percent of members at the 40 largest listed companies are women. The financial...

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Top-decision naking bodies of large businesses : gender quota for supervisory boards is effective : development is almost at a standstill for executive boards

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 3, pp. 17-31

The gender quota for supervisory boards in Germany is effective: by the end of 2017, the proportion of women on the … not been a gender quota introduced for executive boards in Germany. The development of the proportion of women on these … supervisory boards of a good 100 companies that are subject to the quota had risen to 30 percent-three percentage points more than …

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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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Increasing Number of Women on Supervisory Boards of Major Companies in Germany: Executive Boards Still Dominated by Men

Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 3, pp. 17-32

The gender quota for supervisory boards is continuing to show its impact: the proportion of women on the supervisory … becoming more and more apparent that the gender quota does not have the impact hoped for on executive boards, at least not in …

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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

to management positions could soon intensify. Companies should urgently increase their efforts to work towards gender …

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Boards of major German companies are gradually changing

Kirsch, Anja; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 4/5, pp. 30-31

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