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Prof. Dr. Katharina Wrohlich

Prof. Dr. Katharina Wrohlich

Head of Gender Economics Research Group

Research Associate of the Public Economics Department

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+49 30 89789 - 164
Research Topics and Working Areas

Katharina Wrohlich is Professor of Public Finance, Gender and Family Economics at the University of Potsdam and Head of the Gender Economics Research Group at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Her research focuses on the evaluation of labor market, family and tax policy on employment and wages of women. Moreover, she is working on the issue of gender gaps in the labor market, in particular in terms of wages and leadership positions. Before joining the gender economics research group at DIW, Katharina was research associate (2002-2012) and deputy head (2012-2016) of the public economics department at DIW Berlin. She finished her PhD at the Free University of Berlin in 2007. Prior to her doctoral studies, she studied at the University of Vienna and at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

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Publications

Labour Economics

Parental Leave Policy and Long-run Earnings of Mothers

2022 | Corinna Frodermann, Katharina Wrohlich, Aline Zucco
German Economic Review

The Gender Division of Unpaid Care Work throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

2022 | Jonas Jessen, C. Katharina Spiess, Sevrin Waights, Katharina Wrohlich
Labour Economics

Does Subsidized Care for Toddlers Increase Maternal Labor Supply?

2020 | Kai-Uwe Müller, Katharina Wrohlich
Labour Economics

Peer Effects in Parental Leave Decisions

2019 | Clara Welteke, Katharina Wrohlich
Journal of European Social Policy

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

2018 | Kai-Uwe Müller, Michael Neumann, Katharina Wrohlich
DIW Weekly Report 9 / 2023

Gender Care Gap and Gender Pay Gap Increase Substantially until Middle Age

2023| Clara Schäper, Annekatrin Schrenker, Katharina Wrohlich
DIW Wochenbericht 9 / 2023

Gender Pay Gap und Gender Care Gap steigen bis zur Mitte des Lebens stark an

2023| Clara Schäper, Annekatrin Schrenker, Katharina Wrohlich
DIW Weekly Report 3/4 / 2023

Corporate Reporting Provides Insight into Companies’ Commitment to Gender Equality

2023| Anja Kirsch, Virginia Sondergeld, Philipp Alexander Thompson, Katharina Wrohlich
DIW Weekly Report 3/4 / 2023

Number of Women on Boards of Large Companies Keeps Growing: Momentum from Inclusion Requirement, However, Is Waning

2023| Anja Kirsch, Virginia Sondergeld, Katharina Wrohlich
Zeitungs- und Blogbeiträge

Raus aus der Teilzeitfalle und Ungleichheit bei der Carearbeit

In: Die Zeit (14.04.2023), [Online-Artikel] | Marcel Fratzscher, Katharina Wrohlich
Zeitungs- und Blogbeiträge

Der lange Weg zu Equal Pay: Über die Lohnlücke zwischen Männern und Frauen

In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (03.04.2023), S. 16 | Katharina Wrohlich
Zeitungs- und Blogbeiträge

Wie lässt sich die Erwerbsbeteiligung von Frauen erhöhen?

In: Makronom (08.03.2023), Online-Artikel | Katharina Wrohlich
Zeitungs- und Blogbeiträge

Gut verhandelt und doch abgestraft

In: Die Zeit (07.03.2023), [Online-Artikel] | Katharina Wrohlich
Externe referierte Aufsätze

Parental Leave Policy and Long-run Earnings of Mothers

In: Labour Economics 80 (2022), 102296, 13 S. | Corinna Frodermann, Katharina Wrohlich, Aline Zucco

Lectures

Vortrag

Keynote: The Interrelation of Different Gender Gaps on the Labor Market: A European Comparative Perspective

Katharina Wrohlich
Aveiro, Portugal, 28.04.2023 - 29.04.2023
| 5th International Conference on Gender Research: ICGR 2022
Vortrag

Feministische Ökonomie

Katharina Wrohlich
Berlin, 12.12.2022
| Ringvorlesung an der Freien Universität Berlin
Vortrag

Frauen in Führungspositionen: Entwicklungen und Potentiale

Katharina Wrohlich
Berlin, 09.12.2022
| Krisen, soziale Verwerfungen und Geschlechtergerechtigkeit: Wie gut ist das bundesdeutsche System sozialer Sicherung aufgestellt? - 20. efas-Fachtagung
Vortrag

Women's Managerial Representation and the Gender Pay Gap

Virginia Sondergeld, Katharina Wrohlich
Wien, Österreich, 04.11.2022 - 14.09.2022
| Austrian Labor Market Workshop
Poster

Women's Managerial Representation and the Gender Pay Gap

Virginia Sondergeld, Katharina Wrohlich
Berlin, 04.10.2022 - 05.10.2022
| 2nd Berlin Workshop on Empirical Public Economics: Gender Economics

Research Projects

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