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Financial sector : proportion of women in top decision-making bodies is increasing more slowly than at the beginning of the decade : equal gender representation is still a long way...
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 3, pp. 32-45
Over the past year, the proportion of women serving on the executive and supervisory boards of the top 100 largest banks in Germany rose slightly to almost nine and 23 percent, respectively. However, growth has come to a halt in the 60 largest insurance companies: on both executive and...
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Top-decision naking bodies of large businesses : gender quota for supervisory boards is effective : development is almost at a standstill for executive boards
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 8 (2018) 3, pp. 17-31
The gender quota for supervisory boards in Germany is effective: by the end of 2017, the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of a good 100 companies that are subject to the quota had risen to 30 percent-three percentage points more than in the previous year. Almost two-thirds of the...
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Women on high-level boards of banks and insurance companies : growth coming to a standstill on supervisory boards
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 3, pp. 33-45
, particularly inflexible working structures for managers, which ensure that women are hardly represented in middle management … likely to be promoted to senior management positions than in any other sector. This is due to, among other things …
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Increasing Number of Women on Supervisory Boards of Major Companies in Germany: Executive Boards Still Dominated by Men
Holst, Elke; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 3, pp. 17-32
The gender quota for supervisory boards is continuing to show its impact: the proportion of women on the supervisory boards of the 200 highest-performing companies in Germany increased by over two percentage points to 27 percent the past year. In the 100 largest companies, it increased by over...
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Frauen in Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen weiterhin massiv unterrepräsentiert
Holst, Elke; Wiemer, Anita - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 77 (2010) 4, pp. 2, 4-10
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A Squandered Opportunity: Even after the Financial Crisis, Top Positions in Large Financial Firms Still Largely Occupied by Men
Holst, Elke; Schimeta, Julia - In: Weekly Report 7 (2011) 5, pp. 29-36
that has been shown to accompany a significant increase of women in top management untapped. Although more than half of all … has not changed the gender divide in top management. The percentage of women in board positions in Germany's largest 100 … equality in top management: with only 2% women on their executive boards and 16.5% on their supervisory boards, these state …
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Twenty-Nine Women to 906 Men : Continuing Gender Inequality on the Boards of Germany's Top Companies
Holst, Elke; Schimeta, Julia - In: Weekly Report 7 (2011) 4, pp. 19-28
near-term increase in the proportion of women in senior management. …
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Financial Sector: Share of Women in Top Decision-Making Bodies Remains Low
Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 4, pp. 49-58
At the end of 2014, women were no better represented on the top decision-making bodies of enterprises in the financial sector than the previous year. The share of women on the executive boards of the 100 largest banks and savings banks remained at an average of almost seven percent and on the...
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Finanzsektor: Verbesserungen beim Frauenanteil in Spitzengremien allenfalls in Trippelschritten
Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 3, pp. 33-41
In the last year, more women were appointed to the executive boards of major financial institutions. The share of women on the executive boards of banks and savings banks at the end of 2013 was a good six percent, which represents an increase of almost two percentage points over the previous...
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Finanzsektor: Frauenanteile in Spitzengremien bleiben gering
Holst, Elke; Kirsch, Anja - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 4, pp. 62-71
At the end of 2014, women were no better represented on the top decision-making bodies of enterprises in the financial sector than the previous year. The share of women on the executive boards of the 100 largest banks and savings banks remained at an average of almost seven percent and on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185744