Search Results - subject:"Frauen"

The gendered cost of staying : how gender inequality increases female migration

Pañeda-Fernández, Irene - 2026

Diese Studie untersucht, wie Geschlechterungleichheit die zunehmende Tendenz von Frauen, als primäre Migrantinnen zu … sagen voraus, dass größere Geschlechtergleichheit die Migration von Frauen erleichtern sollte, indem sie Normen lockert und … den Eigentumsrechten von Frauen, bedingt durch koloniale Common‑ vs. Civil‑Law‑Systeme) sowie umfangreiche eigene …

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Divorce as liberation from violence : the role of legal protection and women's shelters

Schäper, Clara - 2026

Does increased legal infrastructure empower victims to leave abusive relationships? Structural barriers often prevent victims of intimate partner violence from seeking help, with two-thirds of female victims in Europe neither reporting incidents nor accessing support. I study Germany’s 2002...

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Mend the Gap, Unleash Potential : Addressing Barriers in Women’s Economic Opportunities in Europe and Central Asia

World Bank - 2026

This report takes stock of gender equality in ECA, with a particular focus on women’s access to economic opportunities and jobs, alongside the urgent challenge of VAWG. It highlights the World Bank Group–supported initiatives across the region, illustrating both the range of solutions being...

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Negotiating multiple identities : the intersection of race and gender in the lived experiences of South African female engineers

Reuben, Shanya; Bobat, Shaida; Niekerk, Tarryn van - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 16 (2026) 2, pp. 1-22

Engineering remains a highly gendered and racialised profession in South Africa, shaped by enduring historical inequalities and the imprint of institutionalised exclusion that structures women's experiences of belonging and professional legitimacy. While women's underrepresentation in STEM is...

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Shifting the value of norms : fast internet, premarital sex and the erosion of female genital cutting

García-Hombrados, Jorge; Pérez-Parra, Daniel; Ciacci, … - 2026

Health-harmful norms persist because they fulfill a socially valued function. In many Nigerian communities, female genital cutting (FGC) is practiced because it is believed to discourage sex outside marriage, outweighing its perceived costs for many households. This paper examines the impact of...

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Gender discrimination, construction, and glass ceiling effects among women academics in a higher education institution in South Africa : exploring alternatives for women's empowerment

Ngonyama, Sicelo; Adewumi, Samson Adeoluwa - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 16 (2026) 3, pp. 1-24

Despite several policies and legislation enactments to address gender inequality in the post-apartheid South African employment landscape, a significant proportion of female academics still face marginalization and underrepresentation in senior executive positions. This paper aims to investigate...

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Up to the top or stuck in the middle : does gender influence how far machiavellian personalities climb the corporate ladder?

Baktash, Mehrzad; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2026

Concerns about corporate scandals and abusive leadership suggest that individuals with an opportunistic and manipulative personality sort into managerial positions. Indeed, a fledgling number of econometric studies have shown that individuals high in Machiavellianism are more likely to hold a...

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Domestic violence law andattitudes to intimate partner violence : evidence from Vietnam

Doan-Pham, Phil; Mavisakalyan, Astghik; True, Jacqui - 2026

Can legal reforms shift social norms around intimate partner violence (IPV)? We examine Vietnam's 2007 Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control using a difference-in-differences strategy that leverages the greater relevance of legal protections for married and cohabiting women relative to...

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Beliefs about gender inequalities, narratives and support for gender quotas

Di Corato, Luca; Esposito, Federica; Montinari, Natalia - 2026

Gender quotas remain controversial despite evidence of their effectiveness in reducing labor-market gender inequality. We study how informational narratives about quotas affect support, and how effects depend on pre-existing causal beliefs about inequality. In a pre-registered survey experiment...

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Technology adoption and women's rights : evidence from Switzerland

Brey, Björn; Cefala, Edoardo; García-Peñalosa, Cecilia - 2026

Gender equality and economic growth have historically tended to move together yet identifying causal effects has been difficult. This paper uses data on the support for female suffrage in Switzerland in order to explore the impact of technology adoption on gender norms. We argue that the early...

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