Search Results - subject:"Gender equality"

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

The upward trend in women’s representation on executive and supervisory boards of major companies in Germany continued in 2022, although the overall momentum has slowed yet again. Growth on executive boards in particular has slowed, as the most recent DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer...

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Corporate reporting provides insight into companies’ commitment to gender equality

Kirsch, Anja; Sondergeld, Virginia; Thompson, Philipp … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 13 (2023) 3/4, pp. 32-39

useful signal to outside stakeholders of how serious companies are about gender equality. …

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Gender-targeted transfers by default? : evidence from a child allowance reform in Sweden

Lindahl, Erica; Rosenqvist, Olof; Selin, Håkan - 2023

We exploit a sharp birthday discontinuity in a large and universal Swedish cash transfer program, creating plausibly exogenous variation in the default disbursement option, while holding entitlements and other financial incentives constant. When the cash transfer is paid out to the mother by...

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Women's rights and the gender migration gap

Gutmann, Jerg; Marchal, Léa; Simsek, Betül - 2023

estimates indicate that increasing gender equality in economic or political rights generally deepens the GMG, i.e., it reduces …-income countries. In contrast, increased gender equality in rights reduces the GMG in lower-income countries by facilitating female …

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