question by comparing the scientific merit of male and female academic economists who make the same career step. Across four … makes the same career step. In most domains, this reflects a gender gap for "marginal" scholars, consistent with lower merit …

The paper discusses gender differences with regard to the self- and reciprocal estimation of career expectations …-under-estimated career prospects of female workers and statistical discrimination in the labor market are described. Both aspects are jointly … empirical part analysis the respective self- and reciprocal estimation of female and male career prospects for public sector …

ongoing debate surrounding the underrepresentation of eastern Germans in top positions in Germany. We examine the career paths …