More Female Manager Hires through More Female Managers? Evidence from Germany

Arbeitspapier

This paper investigates if there is state dependence in the gender composition of managers in German establishments. We analyze whether the number of hired female managers (respectively the share of females within hired managers) depends on the past hiring decisions of an establishment. Using administrative data, we apply dynamic linear models and dynamic tobit models accounting for unobserved heterogeneity and the endogeneity of lagged dependent variables. We find that an increase of female manager hires in present leads to more female hired managers in the future. Similarly, the number of male manager hires also exhibits state dependence.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10240

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Labor Discrimination ; Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
• Subject: female managers ; gender discrimination ; state dependence ; dynamic panel data models

Contributors, Location and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bossler, Mario ; Mosthaf, Alexander ; Schank, Thorsten
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/147926
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