Posts tagged with 'Frauen'
October 8, 2024
50 years of breakthroughs and barriers: Women in economics, policy, and leadership
Study shows persistent gender gaps and the complex factors hindering women’s advancement in top roles
February 15, 2024
How the division of roles within the family shapes job satisfaction
New study finds secondary earners more likely to prioritize personal preferences over compensation
November 4, 2021
Women in leadership
IZA workshop discussed new research on female representation in leadership positions
March 30, 2021
Men try to avoid being beaten by a woman
Lab experiment measures gender differences in performance in games with differing competitive pressure
March 8, 2021
Does technological progress promote gender equality?
Industry 4.0 could hurt women's labor market prospects in developing countries
December 19, 2019
Are women more willing to accept jobs with lower pay?
New research on quit behavior, job satisfaction, and job preferences
October 9, 2019
Do workers discriminate against female bosses?
Criticism has a much larger negative effect on both female and male workers’ attitudes if it comes from a female boss
September 19, 2019
Mothers’ employment encourages children to work more as adults
Working mothers serve as role models especially for daughters
August 30, 2019
How wage expectations differ by gender
Sorting, children, and negotiation styles explain persistent gender inequalities in starting salaries and lifetime pay
May 24, 2019
Gender promotion gap in central banking
Corporate diversity policies can be effective at reducing gender bias in promotions
May 12, 2019
Discrimination in hiring based on presence of children or perceived “risk” of pregnancy
Married, childless women applying to part-time jobs have the lowest callback rates
November 6, 2018
Shrinking gender pay gap has made boys more ambitious
More women succeed in male-dominated sectors, but few men choose traditionally female occupations
October 13, 2018
Female leadership raises team performance
Field experiment at an Italian university tests gender stereotypes
August 27, 2018
Brothers foster women’s gender conformity
Study from Denmark shows that parents invest differently in their daughters if they also have sons
February 16, 2018
Searching on campus: Marriage market effects of the student gender composition
The growing success of online dating platforms seems to indicate that finding your partner in the “real” world becomes harder. […]
September 18, 2017
Gender bias in teaching evaluations by economics students
In an ongoing heated debate on sexism in the economic profession, sparked by an analysis by Alice Wu of sexist […]
March 17, 2017
The gender pay gap: Discrimination or structural differences?
Diskriminierung oder strukturelle Unterschiede?
January 7, 2017
IZA Prize in Labor Economics conferred to Claudia Goldin at ASSA Meeting in Chicago
The 15th IZA Prize in Labor Economics was formally conferred to Claudia Goldin during the traditional IZA Reception at the […]
September 13, 2016
Differences in risk attitudes do not explain gender gap in leadership positions
A recent IZA World of Labor article suggests that gender differences in attitudes toward risk are less significant than previously […]
May 15, 2016
IZA Prize goes to Claudia Goldin
The 2016 IZA Prize in Labor Economics goes to Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. […]
April 26, 2016
Gender discrimination at work: What if your boss is a woman?
Despite the remarkable increase of female participation in education, the labor market and political life that has taken place over […]
February 11, 2015
Female leaders increase workplace diversity by narrowing the gender gap in promotions
Although women comprise 45 percent of the labor force across OECD countries, they continue to earn less than men on […]
October 24, 2014
Should housework be shared more equally between partners?
Women do more housework than men. For most of history this phenomenon went largely unremarked. Housework was what women did, […]
July 28, 2014
Female quotas in company boards: Norwegian evidence shows no trickle-down effect
Women still earn less than men, and are still under-represented in executive positions. In 2003, the Norwegian government passed a […]