Skip to main navigation Skip to main content
info(at)avldigital.remove-this.de
Deutsch English
Narrow Search
Search narrowed by
Last searches

Results for *

Displaying results 1 to 1 of 1.

  1. Why are there so few women in executive positions?
    an analysis of gender differences in the life-cycle of executive employment
    Author: Frederiksen, Anders; Halliday, Timothy
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    "Glass ceilings" and "sticky floors" are typical explanations for the low representation of women in top executive positions, but a focus on gender differences in promotions provides only a partial explanation. We consider the life-cycle of executive... more

    Location:
    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
    Signature:
    DS 4 (8797)
    Inter-library loan:
    No inter-library loan

     

    "Glass ceilings" and "sticky floors" are typical explanations for the low representation of women in top executive positions, but a focus on gender differences in promotions provides only a partial explanation. We consider the life-cycle of executive employment, which allows for a full characterization of the gender composition of executive management. We establish that there are few women in executive management because they have lower levels of human capital, are underrepresented in lower-level jobs, and are less likely to be perceived as high-productivity employees. We do not find that women have uniformly unfavorable promotion and demotion probabilities.

     
    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Other identifier:
    hdl: 10419/108679
    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 8797
    Subjects: discrimination; dynamics; gender
    Scope: Online-Ressource (25 S.), graph. Darst.