Search Results - subject_exact:"Gender equality"

Women on the executive and supervisory boards of large companies : the upward trend of recent years has largely stalled

Antezza, Arianna; Meiner, Alina; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2026

The proportion of women on the executive and supervisory boards of Germany's largest private companies has risen considerably since data collection for the DIW Women Executives Barometer began 20 years ago. While it was just over one percent on the executive boards of Germany's 200...

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Bridging disclosure and action : the role of intermediaries in gender pay gap regulation

Curtis, Sally; William, Jananie; Reibnitz, Anna von; … - 2026

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Revisiting Malta's gender pension gap statistics

Grech, Aaron G. - 2026

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Gender equality and innovation : evidence from UK companies

Bukowski, Paweł; Wei, Hannah Yi - 2026

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Parental leave : economic incentives and cultural change

Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - 2026

In 2002, Sweden reformed its parental leave system by adding a second "daddy month," i.e., a second month of pay-related parental leave reserved exclusively for each parent. In addition to giving fathers an economic incentive to take more leave, this change had an effect on cultural norms. We...

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Parental leave : economic incentives and cultural change

Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - 2025

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Parental leave : economic incentives and cultural change

Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - 2024

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Parental Leave : Economic Incentives and Cultural Change

Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - 2024

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What are the most (and least) common restrictions to women's economic rights? : Women and progress 2026 report

Fike, Rosemarie - 2026

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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 - 2026

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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Turkey's "Year of the Family" 2025 : authoritarian trends and political economy of anti-gender politics

Aksoy, Hürcan Aslı; Bal, Sinem - 2026

The Turkish government’s declaration of 2025 as the “Year of the Family” reflects an increasingly authoritarian approach to managing demographic decline amid conditions of economic strain. Falling fertility rates are framed as a strategic challenge to national resilience, giving rise to a...

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Mining and traditional masculinity norms

Hailemariam, Abebe; Lukas, Erica; Mavisakalyan, Astghik; … - 2026

This paper examines the effect of proximity to mining activity on men's adherence to traditional masculinity norms. Combining geocoded survey data with detailed spatial information on mining activity across 37 countries, we employ an instrumental variable strategy that exploits exogenous...

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The status of land tenure and governance

2026

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Advancing a society for all ages in Asia and the Pacific

2026

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Exploring the impact of social, cultural, and legal contexts on women's access to quality paid employment

Arunatilake, Nisha; Araar, Abdelkrim; Fontana, Marzia - 2025

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Synthesizing explanations behind global gender (in)equality : identifying the gaps and moving forward with more economic history

Dilli, Selin - 2025

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Estimating the effect of working from home on parents' division of childcare and housework : a new panel IV approach

Schüller, Simone - 2025

This study investigates whether (and how) working from home (WFH) affects the gender division of parental unpaid labor. I use the recent COVID-19 pandemic that brought an unanticipated yet lasting shift to WFH combined with a measure of occupational WFH feasibility (Alipour et al. 2023) as a...

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Estimating the Effect of Working from Home on Parents' Division of Childcare and Housework: A New Panel IV Approach

Schüller, Simone - 2025

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Estimating the Effect of Working from Home on Parents' Division of Childcare and Housework: A New Panel IV Approach

Schüller, Simone - 2025

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Estimating the effect of working from home on parents' division of childcare and housework : a new panel IV approach

Schüller, Simone - 2025

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Are women more risk averse? : A sequel

Giannikos, Christos; Korkou, Efstathia D. - 2025

This paper reexamines the question of gender differences in financial relative risk aversion using updated methods and data. Specifically, the paper revisits the 1998 work "Are women more risk averse?" by Jianakoplos and Bernasek, suggests refinements in their model in relation to the database...

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Gender equality in sustainability reporting : a systematic literature review

Ojeda, Lucy; Ginieis, Matías; Papaoikonomou, Eleni - 2025

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Drivers for women entrepreneurship in Greece : a case analysis of early-stage companies

Goncalves, Marcus; Papagelis, Suela; Nicolitsas, Daphne - 2025

This study explores the unique realm of women's entrepreneurial leadership within Stewart's role demands-constraint-choice in Greece. This brings to light the underrepresented role of women entrepreneurs in the country and sets out to fill the literature gap by exploring their distinct...

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Despite rising shares of women on executive and supervisory boards, gender parity remains a far-off goal

Sondergeld, Virginia; Wrohlich, Katharina; Kirsch, Anja - 2025

In 2024, the share of women on the top decision-making boards of the largest companies in Germany increased. A solid 19 percent of all executive board members at the 200 largest companies are now women, and almost 26 percent of members at the 40 largest listed companies are women. The financial...

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Intersecting constraints: Exploring labour market barriers for urban women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stöcker, Alexander - 2025

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Intersecting constraints : exploring labour market barriers for urban women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Stöcker, Alexander - 2025

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Action for equality, development and peace in Latin America and the Caribbean : regional report on the review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 30 years on, in synergy with the implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda

2025

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Sustainability standards in agri-food value chains : impacts and trade-offs for smallholder farmers

Wollni, Meike; Bohn, Sophia; Ocampo-Ariza, Carolina; … - 2025

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Liberating the literature : a project on women and economic freedom

Tuszynski, Meg - 2025

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Measuring the impact of democracy on gender equality : does choice of index matter?

Singh, Alka; Chaudhry, Archna - 2025

Using a variety of indicators, the study tries to analyze the impact of democracy on gender equality for a sample of 159 countries across the world. For this purpose, the study used static panel data models and applied various tests of robustness to estimate the impact of democracy on gender...

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Gender-inclusive language in the corporate communication of German companies : authentic corporate activism or pinkwashing?

Müller-Spitzer, Carolin; Ochs, Samira; Sondergeld, Virginia - 2025

Commitment to gender equality and diversity has long been a stated priority for large companies, and one visible way to signal this commitment is through gender-inclusive language. Public debates around such language use increasingly surface regarding companies’ communication with...

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Understanding recent labour supply dynamics in Malta

Grech, Aaron G. - 2025

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Interpreting recent developments in poverty and social exclusion in Malta

Grech, Aaron G. - 2025

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Beyond usual suspects : revisiting barriers to childbearing decisions in a low fertility setting

Kurowska, Anna; Matysiak, Anna; Grabowska, Magdalena - 2025

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Gender equality and sustainability in Vietnamese higher education : educators' perspectives

Rana, Muhammad Qasim; Lee, Angela; Tran Van Ty; Dao … - 2025

Gender inequality remains a critical challenge in Vietnamese higher education, particularly regarding how academic roles and advancement opportunities are distributed. Despite existing policies promoting gender equality, gaps persist in leadership and career development, potentially limiting...

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Entrepreneurial female leadership : a business policy approach to B Corp management in Latin America

Acevedo-Duque, Ángel; Alvarez-Becerra, Rina; Fortoul, … - 2025

This study aims to analyze how women's empowerment in sustainable entrepreneurial leadership transforms social, environmental, and economic challenges into growth opportunities within B Corps-certified companies in Latin America. A total of 9536 companies were identified in the global B Corps...

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From effectuation to empowerment : unveiling the impact of women entrepreneurs on small and medium enterprises' performance : evidence from Indonesia

Theresia, Sherly; Sihombing, Sabrina Oktaria; Antonio, Ferdi - 2025

Women entrepreneurs in small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging countries play an essential role in the economy of developing countries such as Indonesia. Drawing on the resource-based view and entrepreneurship effectuation theory, this study examines how women's entrepreneurial...

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Effects of countercyclical policies on women's and men's incomes during the COVID-19 pandemic : a gender analysis of personal taxes and transfers in Colombia, Ecuador and the plurinational state of Bolivia

Collado, Diego; Bidegain, Nicole - 2025

At the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, just weeks before the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the region’s governments undertook to “implement gender-sensitive countercyclical policies, in order to mitigate the...

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The causal impact of gender norms on mothers’ employment attitudes and expectations

Hermes, Henning; Krauß, Marina; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2025 - This version: April 23, 2025

This field experiment investigates the causal impact of mothers’ perceptions of gender norms on their employment attitudes and labor-supply expectations. We provide mothers of young children in Germany with information about the prevailing gender norm regarding maternal employment in their...

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