All articles about: gender differences 

16. September 2024 | Education and the Labour Market

Female university students may settle for considerably lower starting salaries than their male peers

Paul Setzepfand , Ipek Yükselen

According to a survey conducted by the IAB, female university students have different salary expectations than male students. They would accept a starting salary that is 15.6 percent lower than that ...read more

8. March 2024 | Groups of Persons

Gender Pay Gap in the United Kingdom and in Germany

Jutta Winters

The 8th of March marks the annual International Women’s Day. Wages are an important factor in driving gender parity. In a video interview Professor Alan Manning talks about the gender pay gap ...read more

25. October 2023 | Social Inequality, Joblessness and Social Inclusion

How men and women differ when searching for a job: application behaviour can explain half of the residual earnings gap

Benjamin Lochner , Christian Merkl

On average, women earn less than men. So far, gender-specific application behaviour has received little attention in this context. It can, however, explain a considerable part of the gender earnings ...read more

15. July 2022 | Groups of Persons

Labour market integration in Germany: refugee women take significantly longer than men

Yuliya Kosyakova , Lidwina Gundacker , Zerrin Salikutluk , Parvati Trübswetter

Refugee women take for multiple reasons longer to be integrated into the German labour market than men. ...read more