Thema Ungleichheit

Differences in Full-Time Work Experience Explain almost a Quarter of the Gender Pay Gap in Management Positions

Women still earn less than men on average in Germany. This applies to management positions even more: between 2010 and 2016, there was an average gender pay gap of 30 percent in gross hourly earnings. If gender-specific differences in relevant wage determinants are excluded, a pay gap of 11 percent remains. With seven percentage points, full-time work experience explains the gender pay gap to almost ...

Does Subsidized Care for Toddlers Increase Maternal Labor Supply? Evidence from a Large-Scale Expansion of Early Childcare

Expanding public or publicly subsidized childcare has been a top social policy priority in many industrialized countries. It is supposed to increase fertility, promote children's development and enhance mothers' labor market attachment. In this paper, we analyze the causal effect of one of the largest expansions of subsidized childcare for children up to three years among industrialized countries on ...

Die Berufserfahrung in Vollzeit erklärt den Gender Pay Gap bei Führungskräften maßgeblich

Frauen verdienen in Deutschland durchschnittlich immer noch weniger als Männer. Dies gilt auch und sogar verstärkt für Führungskräfte: Für den Zeitraum von 2010 bis 2016 ergibt sich für Vollzeitbeschäftigte in Führungspositionen ein durchschnittlicher Gender Pay Gap im Bruttostundenverdienst von 30 Prozent. Werden geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede in relevanten Verdienstdeterminanten herausgerechnet, ...

Das FAZ-Ökonomen-Ranking – Blind Spot Ökonominnen: Kommentar

Das FAZ-Ökonomen-Ranking - Blind Spot Ökonominnen

The Family Working-Time Model: Towards More Gender Equality in Work and Care

Since the millennium, the labour market participation of women and mothers is increasing across European countries. Several work/care policy measures underlie this evolution. At the same time, the labour market behaviour of fathers, as well as their involvement in care work, is relatively unchanging, meaning that employed mothers are facing an increased burden with respect to gainful employment and ...

Looking for the Missing Rich: Tracing the Top Tail of the Wealth Distribution

We analyze the top tail of the wealth distribution in Germany, France, and Spain based on the first and second wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Since top wealth is likely to be underrepresented in household surveys, we integrate big fortunes from rich lists, estimate a Pareto distribution, and impute the missing rich. In addition to the Forbes list, we rely on national rich ...

Still a man’s world? Der lange Weg zur Geschlechtergerechtigkeit in den OECD-Ländern

Bis zur Gleichstellung von Mann und Frau im OECD-Raum ist es noch ein weiter Weg. Junge Frauen sind im Schnitt besser gebildet als gleichaltrige Männer und auch die Erwerbsquote unter Frauen nähert sich immer mehr der von Männern an. Trotzdem verdienen sie nach wie vor durchschnittlich 15 Prozent weniger als Männer, sind seltener in Führungspositionen vertreten und...

There is a lot left to do to reach gender equality in Germany: Editorial by Katharina Wrohlich

In Germany, four political parties are currently struggling to forge a mutual platform of government. In the wake of the last election, the share of female MPs in the German parliament, the Bundestag, declined significantly. Gender equality nevertheless needs to play a central role in the new government program. On the labor market, gender equality is still a faraway goal. The same is also true for ...

Gender pay gap varies greatly by occupation

The German labor market is characterized by marked occupational segregation between women and men. The median earnings in female dominated occupations are lower than those in male dominated professions. This is one of the reasons for the gender pay gap. However, there are also large differences in earnings between men and women within occupations. These profession-specific gender pay gaps are smaller ...