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migrant women: gender and migrant condition. Our findings suggest that migrant women do face this double disadvantage. In both …
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Women are still underrepresented in top political positions at the federal and Land levels in Germany. However … then explores to what extent the presence of women in political leadership positions at the local level has a positive …
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This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women … find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women … assimilation of immigrants. Immigrant women narrow the labor supply gap with native-born women with time in the United States, and …
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that accounting for own-use production changes considerably the picture on the work burden of men and women. …
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This paper focuses on the German labor market for older workers. It does so in comparison with other countries and with a unique focus on the role of employer incentives for retaining and hiring older workers. It argues that while employment of older German workers has improved due to changes in...
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My research examines within-nation differences as well as cross-national differences in socially stratified outcomes, specifically the distribution of household incomes. I build on the considerable empirical evidence suggesting that group memberships are important factors in shaping one' s life...
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Agreement is developing among agricultural scientists on the emerging inability of agriculture to meet growing global food demands. Changes in trends of weather conditions projected by global climate models will challenge physiological limits of crops and exacerbate the global food challenge by...
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politische Gegner, die Finanzkrise und Sparmaßnahmen. In den USA wurzelt der Angriff auf die Gewerkschaften des öffentlichen … Veränderungen Rechte des collective bargaining im öffentlichen Dienst auf staatlicher und lokaler Ebene aller 50 Staaten der USA …
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Frauen sind in Europa zu einem erheblich geringeren Maße in Führungspositionen tätig als Männer; im europäischen Durchschnitt haben sie nur 10 % der Sitze in den höchsten Entscheidungsgremien der jeweils 50 größten börsennotierten Unternehmen inne. Dabei gibt es von Land zu Land...
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Der Frauenanteil an Aufsichtsratsposten ist bei den großen Banken und Sparkassen sowie bei Versicherungsgesellschaften in Deutschland gering. Im Bankgewerbe beträgt er 15 % und bei Versicherungen 11 %. Dass dennoch in den meisten Aufsichts- oder Verwaltungsräten Frauen vertreten sind, geht...
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