Gleicher Titel, ungleiche Entlohnung: Geschlechtsbezogene Lohnunterschiede unter Promovierten in Deutschland
Titelübersetzung:Analyses of the gender pay gap among PhD holders in Germany
Autor/in:
Goldan, Lea
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 11 (2019) 2, S 103-120
Inhalt: Die bisherige Promoviertenforschung deutet darauf hin, dass Frauen monetär weniger vom Erwerb eines Doktortitels profitieren als Männer. Daher werden im vorliegenden Beitrag erstmals das Ausmaß und die Ursachen geschlechtsbezogener Lohnunterschiede unter Promovierten in Deutschland untersucht. Es wird erwartet, dass sich promovierte Frauen und Männer hinsichtlich ihrer Studienfachwahl und Beschäftigungsmerkmale unterscheiden. Auf der Grundlage des DZHW-Absolventenpanels 2001 werden die Brutto-Stundenlöhne zehn Jahre nach Studienabschluss mittels OLS-Regression und Oaxaca-Blinder-Dekomposition untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Stundenlöhne von promovierten Frauen um 16,3 Prozent geringer sind als diejenigen von promovierten Männern. Diese Lohnunterschiede sind zu zwei Dritteln darauf zurückzuführen, dass promovierte Frauen häufiger Fächer mit einem hohen Frauenanteil studiert haben, nach ihrem Studium weniger Berufserfahrung sammeln und seltener Leitungspositionen innehaben als promovierte Männer.
Schlagwörter:Akademikerin; academic (female); Akademiker; academic; Lohnunterschied; wage difference; gender-specific factors; beruflicher Aufstieg; career advancement; Erwerbsverlauf; employment history; Karriere; career; soziale Ungleichheit; social inequality; Federal Republic of Germany; Promovierte; PhD holders; Gender Pay Gap
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie
Why Do Lone Mothers Fare Worse than Lone Fathers? Lone Parenthood and Welfare Benefit Receipt in Germany
Autor/in:
Geisler, Esther; Kreyenfeld, Michaela
Quelle: Comparative Population Studies - Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, 44 (2019) , S 61-84
Inhalt: This article uses data from the German microcensuses of 2007 and 2012 to examine gender differences in welfare reliance among lone parents. Binary logistic regression was employed as the method of analysis. We show that the risk of welfare benefit receipt is lower among lone fathers than lone mothers. We also find that these gender differences can be partially explained by the socio-economic characteristics of lone fathers; compared to lone mothers, lone fathers are, on average, better educated and more likely to be living with older children. Gender differences decreased over time among parents who have never married, but remained constant among divorced parents. We present a discussion of our findings in light of recent policy reforms, in particular the reform of the German Maintenance Law of 2008, which curbed the ability of a divorced parent to collect support from an ex-spouse.
Schlagwörter:Leistungsbezug; father; Sozialhilfeempfänger; sozioökonomische Faktoren; Federal Republic of Germany; Mutter; Unterhalt; labor force participation; labor market policy; poverty; single parent; social policy; Erwerbsbeteiligung; receipt of benefits; Alleinstehender; Armut; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; mother; allein erziehender Elternteil; socioeconomic factors; welfare recipient; gender-specific factors; support; single; Vater; Sozialpolitik; lone parents; German Microcensus (2007 and 2012)
Scientists of the future: an analysis of talented students' interests
Autor/in:
Höffler, Tim N.; Köhler, Christine; Parchmann, Ilka
Quelle: International Journal of STEM Education, 6 (2019) , S 1-8
Inhalt: Background: Nowadays, scientists not only need to be creative, resourceful, and inventive regarding their research questions and need to understand their field and research methods, but also need to know how to teach, how to catalog, how to fill out proposal forms, and much more. The main goal of this study was to investigate and compare science interest profiles of different groups of students, focusing both on successful participants in science competitions and on possible gender differences. We expected that successful participants in science competitions would generally have greater interests in scientific activities than non-participants but were especially interested in such areas we expect from successful scientists today, thereby helping us judge the design of successful enrichment measures. Results: Significant mean differences in interest in science activities between participants and non-participants of science competitions were found on six of seven dimensions as well as regarding in-school activities, activities in enrichment measures, and vocational interests. The differences were especially large concerning investigative, social, enterprising, and networking activities. Moreover, we found differences between girls and boys on the social and artistic dimensions, meaning that girls were significantly more interested in science activities which also had an artistic and creative aspect such as drawing or a social aspect such as teaching. Conclusions: We not only found overall differences to-be-expected favoring the participants, but also could also identify specific profiles. Especially large differences were consistently found in those areas which could be regarded as especially important for most researchers. Our findings might help developing measures and activities to foster the interest in science activities for “regular” students as well as for especially talented students.
Schlagwörter:Schülerin; female pupil; Schüler; pupil; Interesse; interest; science; Begabung; talent; Berufswunsch; career aspiration; wissenschaftliche Arbeit; scientific activity; Begabtenförderung; promotion of the gifted; außerschulische Bildung; extracurricular learning; gender-specific factors; Federal Republic of Germany; Competitions; RIASEC; Science interest; Talented students; Sender differences
Wirkungen von gleichstellungspolitischen Programmen: Rigorose Wirkungsevaluation des Professorinnenprogramms
Titelübersetzung:Effects of Gender Equality Programmes: Impact Evaluation of the "Women Professors Programme"
Autor/in:
Löther, Andrea
Quelle: Zeitschrift für Evaluation (ZfEv), 18 (2019) 1, S 77-96
Inhalt: Das seit 2008 bestehende Professorinnenprogramm zielt auf eine Erhöhung des Professorinnenanteils und die Verstärkung von strukturellen Gleichstellungswirkungen. Mit dem Ansatz einer rigorosen Wirkungsevaluation wird untersucht, ob sich kausale Effekte des Programms auf die Erhöhung des Professorinnenanteils nachweisen lassen. Im Vergleich von teilnehmenden und nicht teilnehmenden Hochschulen mit einer Pre-Post-Messung und der Berechnung der Differenz von Differenzen kann ein Effekt von 1,8% an teilnehmenden Hochschulen nachgewiesen werden. Auswahleffekte haben keinen Einfluss. Eine Zeitreihenanalyse belegt, dass bundesweit der Professorinnenanteil stärker stieg, als nach dem Durchschnitt der Vorjahre zu erwarten war. Wie sich die Wirkungen in den Hochschulen entfalten, ist eine offene Forschungsfrage. Mit dem Beitrag konnte ein quasi-experimentelles Forschungsdesign in einem Politikfeld verwirklicht werden, in dem rigorose Wirkungsevaluationen bisher wenig Anwendung finden.
Schlagwörter:Wirkungsanalyse; impact analysis; Evaluation; evaluation; Gleichstellungspolitik; equal opportunity policy; university; Führungsposition; executive position; Hochschullehre; university teaching; Frauenanteil; proportion of women; Berufungsverfahren; ; Federal Republic of Germany; Wirkungsevaluation; Impact Evaluation; Gender Equality; Program Evaluation
Do hiring practices penalize women and benefit men for having children? Experimental evidence from Germany
Autor/in:
Hipp, Lena
Quelle: European Sociological Review, (2019) , S 1-28
Inhalt: Although observational studies from many countries have consistently shown that motherhood negatively affects women’s wages, experimental findings on its effect on the likelihood of being hired are less conclusive. Motherhood penalties in hiring have been reported in the US, the prototypical liberal market economy, but not in Sweden, the prototypical social-democratic welfare state. Based on a field experiment in Germany, this study examines the effects of parenthood on hiring processes in the prototypical conservative welfare state. My findings indicate that job recruitment processes indeed penalize women but not men for having children. In addition to providing theoretical explanations for why motherhood penalties in hiring are particularly likely to occur in the German context, this study also highlights several methodological and practical issues that should be considered when conducting correspondence studies to examine labor market discrimination.
Schlagwörter:Federal Republic of Germany; Familienpolitik; family policy; Elternschaft; parenthood; Mutterschaft; motherhood; Vaterschaft; fatherhood; gender-specific factors; Diskriminierung; discrimination; Berufsaussicht; career prospect; Stellenbesetzung; staffing; field experiment
SSOAR Kategorie:Arbeitsmarktforschung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Gleichgeschlechtliche Partnerschaften in Deutschland: Verbreitung, Entwicklung und soziale Unterschiede
Autor/in:
Lengerer, Andrea; Bohr, Jeanette
Quelle: Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren, (2019) 62, S 7-12
Inhalt: Gleichgeschlechtliche Partnerschaften werden zunehmend sichtbar gelebt, gesellschaftlich
akzeptiert und rechtlich anerkannt. Empirisch wird diese zahlenmäßig sehr kleine Gruppe bislang allerdings nur selten betrachtet. Der Mikrozensus bietet aufgrund seiner hohen Fallzahlen die Möglichkeit, gleichgeschlechtliche Partnerschaften im gemeinsamen Haushalt zu identifizieren. Auf Basis dieser Daten wird im vorliegenden Beitrag untersucht, wie verbreitet die gleichgeschlechtliche Partnerwahl in Deutschland ist, wie sie sich seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre entwickelt hat und ob es soziale Unterschiede zwischen Personen in gleichgeschlechtlichen und verschiedengeschlechtlichen Partnerschaften gibt.
Schlagwörter:Partnerschaft; partnership; gleichgeschlechtliche Lebensgemeinschaft; same-sex cohabitation; Lebensweise; way of life; gender-specific factors; regionaler Unterschied; regional difference; Federal Republic of Germany
SSOAR Kategorie:Bevölkerung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Partnered women's contribution to household labor income: Persistent inequalities among couples and their determinants
Autor/in:
Dieckhoff, Martina; Gash, Vanessa; Mertens, Antje; Romeu Gordo, Laura
Quelle: Social Science Research, (2019) 85
Inhalt: This paper explores earnings inequalities within dual-earner couples in East and West Germany drawing on household-level panel data from 1992 to 2016. It has three aims: (1) to analyze how the partner pay gap (the pay gap between partners within one household) has developed over time, given institutional change, and whether the extent of inequality and temporal development vary between East and West Germany; (2) to explore variation in the partner pay gap by male partners' absolute earnings; and (3) to investigate the micro-level determinants of earnings inequalities within couples and determine whether their relevance varies between East and West Germany as well as by male partners’ absolute earnings. We find women earn substantially less than their partners, and our regression results find no indication of a declining partner pay gap. Besides substantial variation between East and West Germany, our results also reveal important group-specific variation in the extent of the partner pay gap as well as in its determinants.
Schlagwörter:Dual Career Couple; alte Bundesländer; Erwerbsbeteiligung; old federal states; Haushaltseinkommen; Einkommensunterschied; partnership; Federal Republic of Germany; household income; woman; difference in income; neue Bundesländer; Partnerschaft; labor force participation; gender-specific factors; New Federal States; dual career couple; Ungleichheit; inequality; gender inequality; institutional change; partner pay gap; time trends; German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (1992-2016)
SSOAR Kategorie:Arbeitsmarktforschung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
What Helps and What Hinders? Exploring the Role of Workplace Characteristics for Parental Leave Use and Its Career Consequences
Autor/in:
Samtleben, Claire; Bringmann, Julia; Bünning, Mareike; Hipp, Lena
Quelle: Social Sciences, 8 (2019) 10, S 1-30
Inhalt: The division of parental leave among couples today is still unequal - even in countries with progressive leave schemes. Given the gendered nature of the workplace, we examine how organizational characteristics relate to fathers' uptake and length of parental leave as well as to the perceived career consequences of leave uptake among those fathers who took leave. In our mixed methods study, we draw on unique quantitative and qualitative data on different-sex couples with young children in Germany (2015). We find that the fear of professional repercussions and the lack of a replacement at work inhibit fathers both from taking leave in general and, for those who take leave, from taking it for more than two months. Interestingly, however, the majority of fathers who took leave did not think that their leave negatively affected their professional advancement. This positive evaluation was independent of the length of leave. We compared fathers' perceived leave consequences to those of mothers, who tended to have a more negative view of the impact of taking leave on their careers. Both fathers and mothers were more likely to report negative career consequences if they worked in organizations that promoted a strong ideal worker norm, that is, where employees thought that they were expected to prioritize paid work over their private life.
Schlagwörter:Arbeitsplatz; job; gender-specific factors; Elternurlaub; parental leave; Inanspruchnahme; recourse; Auswirkung; impact; beruflicher Aufstieg; career advancement; soziale Ungleichheit; social inequality; Organisationskultur; organizational culture; Familie-Beruf; work-family balance; Federal Republic of Germany; gender equality; ideal worker norm; mixed methods; workplace culture
