Women in leading positions: No news on German management floors

Abstract

"Only 26 percent of women reach top management positions in private sector firms in Germany. Nothing much has changed in the 14 years during which the development has been monitored by the IAB Establishment Panel. The only exception is a notable increase in the proportion of women in middle management. In East Germany, the proportion of women in management positions is higher than in the West. On the second management level women in East Germany are represented according to their share of the workforce. In the public sector more management positions are occupied by women. However, in proportion to their share of the work force, female representation in management is much lower." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Kohaut, S. & Möller, I. (2019): Frauen in leitenden Positionen: Leider nichts Neues auf den Führungsetagen. (IAB-Kurzbericht 23/2019), Nürnberg, 8 p.