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Égalité homme-femme : un facteur clé de la politique familiale et sociale
Angela Greulich Le gouvernement français a réaffirmé en juin 2013 que la politique devait favoriser l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes. La participation des femmes au marché du travail, leur carrière professionnelle et leur capacité à retrouver un emploi … Continue reading
Can cash transfers increase fertility rates?
Most developed countries with relatively high fertility rates around replacement level (2,1 children per women), like France or the Nordic countries, have a comprehensive mix of different family policy instruments. The reason why these countries have been experiencing a re-increase … Continue reading
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Global Gender Gap Report 2012 – fragile progress for women’s political empowerment
The Global Gender Gap Report 2012 emphasizes persisting gender gap divides across and within regions. The 2012 version finds that the majority of countries have made only a slow progress on closing gender gaps. Most highly developed countries score well … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Luci, childcare services, female infanticide, gender gap in life expectancy, Gender Gap Report, gender income ratio, gender inequality, gender quota, gender ranking, parental leave, sex ratio at birth, sex-selective abortion, wage equality, wage gap, women in parliament, women's economic empowerment, women's political empowerment, work life balance, World Economic Forum
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Economists for gender quotas in parliaments!
Around the world, women are still largely underrepresented in politics. Can political affirmative action for women reduce this gender bias? While women have the legal right to equal participation in politics in almost every country around the world, they remain … Continue reading
Reducing the gender wage gap in Europe – how to tackle the task ?
Women in Europe currently earn on average 17.5% less than men. Even though there is an increasing political will to reduce the gender wage gap, initiatives often do not have much impact, as the real reasons for the persisiting gender … Continue reading
Why French women suceed better in balancing work and family life than German women.
Although Germany and France bear many similarities regarding economics, politics and institutions as compared to other European countries, the birth rate and full-time female labour force participation rate are significantly lower in Germany. Both in France and in Germany, there … Continue reading
Italian women put up the fight!
Recently, Italian women organised massive protests against Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who is actually under investigation for allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl. However, Berlusconi’s recent blunder only was the catalyst for the protests and not the only reason. … Continue reading
Gender quotas in Germany. Dare it like France!?
When it comes to the presence of women in positions of leadership in the German economy, Germany is near the bottom in international comparisons, along with India, Brazil, China and Russia. In Germany’s 200 biggest companies, women only represented 3.2 … Continue reading
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