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  1. Job displacement, family dynamics and spousal labor supply
    Author: Halla, Martin; Schmieder, Julia; Weber, Andrea
    Published: August 2018
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn, Germany

    We study interdependencies in spousal labor supply and the effectiveness of intrahousehold insurance in a sample of married couples, where the husband loses his job due to a mass layoff or plant closure using data from the Austrian Social Security... more

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    We study interdependencies in spousal labor supply and the effectiveness of intrahousehold insurance in a sample of married couples, where the husband loses his job due to a mass layoff or plant closure using data from the Austrian Social Security Database. We show that in our sample of relatively young couples the shock hits households at crucial stages of family formation, which requires careful modeling of the wives' counterfactual lifecycle labor market patterns. In our empirical analysis, we propose three independent control groups of unaffected households to identify the causal effects of husbands' displacement on wives' labor supply. Our empirical results show that husbands suffer large and persistent employment and earnings losses over the first 5 years after displacement. But wives' labor supply increases only moderately and they respond predominantly at the extensive margin. The implied participation elasticity with respect to the husband's earnings shock is very small, about -0:04. While the wives' earnings gains recover only a tiny fraction of the household income loss, public transfers and taxes are a more important insurance at least in the short run. In terms of non-labor market related outcomes, we find a small positive effect on the probability of divorce, but no effect of the husband's job displacement on fertility. The presence and ages of children in the household are crucial determinants of the wife's labor supply response. The most responsive group are mothers, who are planning to return to the labor market after a maternity break, while mothers of very young children or wives without children remain unresponsive. We thus conclude that Austria's strong gender identity norms are an explanation for the limited scope of intra-household insurance.

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / IZA ; no. 11752
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  2. Female leadership and gender gap within firms
    evidence from an Italian board reform
    Author: Maida, Agata; Weber, Andrea
    Published: January 2019
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn, Germany

    Over the last decade, several countries have followed the Norwegian example and introduced laws mandating gender quota for corporate board membership. The main aim of these laws is breaking the "glass ceiling" which prevents women from advancing into... more

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    Over the last decade, several countries have followed the Norwegian example and introduced laws mandating gender quota for corporate board membership. The main aim of these laws is breaking the "glass ceiling" which prevents women from advancing into top corporate positions. In this paper, we evaluate the Italian law of 2011, which installed a step-wise increase in gender quota that remain effective for three consecutive board renewals of listed limited liability firms. We link firm-level information on board membership and board election dates with detailed employment and earnings records from the Social Security registers. Exploiting the staggered introduction of the gender quota regulation and variation in board renewals across firms, we evaluate the effect of the board gender composition on measures of gender diversity in top positions over a period of 4 years. While the reform substantially raised the female membership on corporate boards, we find no evidence of spillover effects on the representation of women in top executive or top earnings positions. Our results confirm the findings by Bertrand et al. (2019) who study the introduction of a gender quota for board members in Norway. Given that Italy is a much less egalitarian society than Norway, with a larger scope of establishing gender equality, our results confirm that board quota policies alone are ineffective in raising female representation in top corporate positions, at least in the short run.

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / IZA ; no. 12099
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  3. Job displacement, family dynamics and spousal labor supply
    Author: Halla, Martin; Schmieder, Julia; Weber, Andrea
    Published: [2018]
    Publisher:  Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz-Auhof, Austria

    We study the effectiveness of intra-household insurance among married couples when the husband loses his job due to a mass layoff or plant closure. Empirical results based on Austrian administrative data show that husbands suffer persistent... more

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    We study the effectiveness of intra-household insurance among married couples when the husband loses his job due to a mass layoff or plant closure. Empirical results based on Austrian administrative data show that husbands suffer persistent employment and earnings losses, while wives' labor supply increases moderately due to extensive margin responses. Wives' earnings gains recover only a tiny fraction of the household income loss and, in the short-term, public transfers and taxes are a more important form of insurance. We show that the presence of children in the household is a crucial determinant of the wives' labor supply response.

     
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    Edition: This version: October 17, 2018
    Series: Working paper / Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz ; no. 1816 (November 2018)
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  4. Local polynomial order in regression discontinuity designs
    Author: Pei, Zhuan; Card, David E.; Lee, David S.; Weber, Andrea
    Published: August 6, 2018
    Publisher:  Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section, Princeton

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    Series: Working paper / Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section ; #622
    Subjects: Kausalanalyse; Regressionsanalyse; Monte-Carlo-Simulation; Ökonometrie
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 36 Seiten), Illustrationen
  5. Economic policy coordination in the EMU
    implications for the stability and growth pact
    Author: Breuss, Fritz; Weber, Andrea
    Published: 1999
    Publisher:  European Univ. Institute, Badia Fiesolana, San Domenico (FI)

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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    Series: Array ; 99,26
    Subjects: Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion; Wirtschaftspolitik; Staatensystem; Koordination; Kreditpolitik; Geldpolitik; Finanzpolitik; Stabilitätspolitik; Lohnpolitik; Produktion; Inflation; Arbeitslosigkeit; Europäische Union
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  6. Standortwahl und Unternehmensbesteuerung in der Europäischen Union
    Author: Weber, Andrea
    Published: 1998
    Publisher:  Zentrum für Europ. Studien, Trier

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    DDC Categories: 330; 380; 650; 670
    Series: Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Europäische Studien ; Bd. 36
    Subjects: Unternehmen; Steuerrecht; Steuerbelastung; Standortfaktor <Wirtschaft>; Zonenrandförderung; Steuerwettbewerb
    Other subjects: (stw)Unternehmensbesteuerung; (stw)Steuerbelastung; (stw)Standortfaktor; (stw)EU-Steuerrecht; (stw)Steuerwettbewerb; (stw)EU-Staaten; Graue Literatur
    Scope: 86 S., graph. Darst., 21 cm
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    Literaturverz. S. 78 - 85
  7. A neurophysiological investigation of non-native phoneme perception by Dutch and German listeners
    Author: Bien, Heidrun; Hanulikova, Adriana; Weber, Andrea
    Published: 2016; 2017
    Publisher:  Frontiers Research Foundation, Lausanne ; Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg

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    Parent title: Sonderdruck aus: Frontiers in psychology; 7 (2016), 56
    Subjects: Niederländisch; dutch; Germanistik
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  8. Job displacement, family dynamic, and spousal labor supply
    Author: Halla, Martin; Schmieder, Julia; Weber, Andrea
    Published: 16 October 2018
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Series: Discussion paper series / Centre for Economic Policy Research ; DP13247
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  9. Female leadership and gender gap within firms
    evidence from an Italian board reform
    Author: Maida, Agata; Weber, Andrea
    Published: 23 January 2019
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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  10. Choice and success of job search methods
    Author: Weber, Andrea; Mahringer, Helmut
    Published: 2002
    Publisher:  Inst. für Höhere Studien, Wien

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    Series: Reihe Ökonomie ; 125
    Subjects: Arbeitsuche; Erfolgsfaktor; Arbeitsvermittlung; Soziale Beziehungen; Schätzung; Österreich
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  11. State dependence and wage dynamics
    a heterogeneous Markov chain model for wage mobility in Austria
    Author: Weber, Andrea
    Published: 2002
    Publisher:  Inst. für Höhere Studien, Wien

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    Series: Reihe Ökonomie ; 114
    Subjects: Lohnstruktur; Soziale Mobilität; Markov-Kette; Schätzung; Österreich
    Scope: 23 S, graph. Darst
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  12. Sectoral adjustment of employment
    the impact of outsourcing and trade at the micro level
    Author: Egger, Peter; Pfaffermayr, Michael; Weber, Andrea
    Published: 2003
    Publisher:  Inst. für Höhere Studien, Wien

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    Series: Reihe Ökonomie ; 145
    Subjects: Arbeitsmobilität; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Strukturwandel; Internationaler Wettbewerb; Outsourcing; Schätzung; Österreich
    Scope: 27 S, graph. Darst
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  13. Precautionary fertility
    conceptions, births, and abortions around employment shocks
    Author: Bardits, Anna; Adamecz, Anna; Bisztray, Márta; Weber, Andrea; Szabo-Morvai, Agnes
    Published: 15 March 2023
    Publisher:  Centre for Economic Policy Research, London

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    Series: Array ; DP17988
    Subjects: Abortion; Birth; Pregnancy; Mass layoff; Firm closure
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  14. Precautionary fertility
    conceptions, births, and abortions around employment shocks
    Author: Bárdits, Anna; Adamecz, Anna; Bisztray, Márta; Weber, Andrea; Szabó-Morvai, Ágnes
    Published: March 2023
    Publisher:  IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany

    We study fertility responses to employment shocks. Using unique Hungarian administrative data that allow linking firm-level mass layoff and closure events to individual-level records on births and abortions, we show that the main response happens in... more

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    We study fertility responses to employment shocks. Using unique Hungarian administrative data that allow linking firm-level mass layoff and closure events to individual-level records on births and abortions, we show that the main response happens in anticipation of the shock. Responses differ by the availability of dismissal protection. While pregnancies increase in anticipation of all events, births only rise in case of mass layoffs when pregnant women are protected from layoffs. If the firm closes protection is lost and we find an increase in abortions. We interpret these results as evidence for precautionary fertility behavior. Women threatened by job displacement bring births forward to exploit dismissal protection, a strategy that breaks down if the firm closes permanently.

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / IZA ; no. 15990
    Subjects: abortion; birth; pregnancy; mass layoff; firm closure
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  15. Active job-search programs a promising tool?
    A microeconometric evaluation for Austria
    Author: Weber, Andrea; Hofer, Helmut
    Published: 2003
    Publisher:  Inst. für Höhere Studien, Wien

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    Series: Reihe Ökonomie ; 131
    Subjects: Suchtheorie; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Multivariate Analyse; Österreich
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  16. Nonparametric evidence on the effects of financial incentives on retirement decisions
    Author: Manoli, Day; Weber, Andrea
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  CESifo, München

    This paper presents new evidence on the effects of retirement benefits on labor force participation decisions. The analysis is based on a mandated rule for employer-provided retirement benefits in Austria that creates discontinuities in the... more

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    This paper presents new evidence on the effects of retirement benefits on labor force participation decisions. The analysis is based on a mandated rule for employer-provided retirement benefits in Austria that creates discontinuities in the incentives for workers to delay retirement. We present graphical evidence on labor supply responses and effective financial incentives and develop nonparametric methods to estimate extensive margin labor supply elasticities. Overall, multiple results highlight modest impacts of financial incentives on retirement decisions.

     
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    Series: Array ; 4619
    Subjects: Altersvorsorge; Öffentliche Sozialleistungen; Arbeitsangebot; Österreich
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  17. Economic policy coordination in the EMU
    implications for the stability and growth pact?
    Author: Breuss, Fritz; Weber, Andrea
    Published: 1999
    Publisher:  Europ. Univ. Inst., San Domenico (FI)

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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    Series: EUI working papers RSC ; 99/26
    Subjects: Eurozone; Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik; Geldpolitik; Finanzpolitik; EU-Staaten
    Scope: 35 S, graph. Darst
  18. Standortwahl und Unternehmensbesteuerung in der Europäischen Union
    Author: Weber, Andrea
    Published: 1998
    Publisher:  Zentrum für Europ. Studien, Trier

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    Series: Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Europäische Studien ; 36
    Subjects: Unternehmensbesteuerung; Steuerbelastung; Standortfaktor; EU-Steuerrecht; Steuerwettbewerb; EU-Staaten
    Scope: 86 S., graph. Darst.
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  19. A neurophysiological investigation of non-native phoneme perception by Dutch and German listeners
    Author: Bien, Heidrun; Hanulikova, Adriana; Weber, Andrea
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Universität, Freiburg

    Abstract: The Mismatch Negativity (MMN) response has often been used to measure memory traces for phonological representations and to show effects of long-term native language (L1) experience on neural organization. We know little about whether... more

     

    Abstract: The Mismatch Negativity (MMN) response has often been used to measure memory traces for phonological representations and to show effects of long-term native language (L1) experience on neural organization. We know little about whether phonological representations of non-native (L2) phonemes are modulated by experience with distinct non-native accents. We used MMN to examine effects of experience with L2-accentedspeech on auditory brain responses. Specifically, we tested whether it is long-term experience with language-specific L2 pronunciations or instead acoustic similarity between L2 speech sounds that modulates non-native phoneme perception. We registered MMN responses of Dutch and German proficient L2 speakers of English to the English interdental fricative /θ/ and compared it to its non-native pronunciations /s/ (typical pronunciation of /θ/ for German speakers) and /t/ (typical pronunciation of /θ/ for Dutch speakers). Dutch and German listeners heard the English pseudoword thond and its pronunciation deviants sond and tond. We computed the identity Mismatch Negativity (iMMN) by analyzing the difference in ERPs when the deviants were the frequent vs. the infrequent stimulus for the respective group of L2 listeners. For both groups, tond and sond elicited mismatch effects of comparable size. Overall, the results suggest that experience with deviant pronunciations of L2 speech sounds in foreignaccented speech does not alter auditory memory traces. Instead, non-native phoneme perception seems to be modulated by acoustic similarity between speech sounds rather than by experience with typical L2 pronunciation patterns

     
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    Other subjects: L2 substitutions; interdental fricative; MMN; non-native phoneme perception; ERP; (local)article
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  20. Competition and gender prejudice
    are discriminatory employers doomed to fail?
    Author: Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  CESifo, München

    According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to... more

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    According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to leave. We present new empirical evidence for this prediction by studying the survival of startup firms in a large longitudinal matched employer-employee data set from Austria. Our results show that firms with strong preferences for discrimination, i.e. a low share of female employees relatively to the industry average, have significantly shorter survival rates. This is especially relevant for firms starting out with female shares in the lower tail of the distribution. They exit about 18 months earlier than firms with a median share of females. We see no differences in survival between firms at the top of the female share distribution and at the median, though. We further document that highly discriminatory firms that manage to survive submit to market powers and increase their female workforce over time. -- firm survival ; profitability ; female employment ; discrimination ; market test ; matched employer-employee data

     
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    Subjects: Weibliche Arbeitskräfte; Geschlechterdiskriminierung; Unternehmensgründung; Unternehmenserfolg; Rentabilität; Österreich
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  21. Female hires and the success of start-up firms
    Author: Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  RWI, Essen

    In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year... more

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    In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with female first hires are more successful and stay longer in the market. We conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms. -- Firm survival ; profitability ; female employment ; discrimination, market test ; matched employer-employee data

     
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    Series: Ruhr economic papers ; 151
    Subjects: Unternehmensgründung; Personalbeschaffung; Frauenpolitik; Diversity Management; Unternehmenserfolg; Erfolgsfaktor; Österreich
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  22. Active labor market policy evaluations
    a meta-analysis
    Author: Card, David E.; Kluve, Jochen; Weber, Andrea
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  CESifo, München

    This paper presents a meta-analysis of recent microeconometric evaluations of active labor market policies. Our sample consists of 199 program estimates drawn from 97 studies conducted between 1995 and 2007. In about one-half of these cases we have... more

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    This paper presents a meta-analysis of recent microeconometric evaluations of active labor market policies. Our sample consists of 199 program estimates drawn from 97 studies conducted between 1995 and 2007. In about one-half of these cases we have both a short-term impact estimate (for a one-year post-program horizon) and a medium-term estimate (two-year horizon). We characterize the program estimates according to the type and duration of the program, the characteristics of the participants, and the evaluation methodology. Heterogeneity in all three dimensions affects the likelihood that an impact estimate is significantly positive, significantly negative, or statistically insignificant. Comparing program types, subsidized public sector employment programs have the least favorable impact estimates. Job search assistance programs have relatively favorable short-run impacts, whereas classroom and on-the-job training programs tend to show better outcomes in the medium-run than the short-run. Programs for youths are less likely to yield positive impacts than untargeted programs, but there are no large or systematic differences by gender. Methodologically, we find that the outcome variable used to measure program effectiveness matters. Evaluations based on registered unemployment durations are more likely to show favorable short-term impacts. Controlling for the outcome measure, and the type of program and participants, we find that experimental and non-experimental studies have similar fractions of significant negative and significant positive impact estimates, suggesting that the research designs used in recent non-experimental evaluations are unbiased. -- Active labor market policy ; program evaluation ; meta-analysis

     
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    Series: Array ; 2570
    Subjects: Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Wirkungsanalyse; Mikroökonometrie; Meta-Analyse; Welt
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  23. Competition and gender prejudice
    are discriminatory employers doomed to fail?
    Author: Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  RWI, Essen

    According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to... more

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    According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to leave. We present new empirical evidence for this prediction by studying the survival of startup firms in a large longitudinal matched employer-employee data set from Austria. Our results show that firms with strong preferences for discrimination, i.e. a low share of female employees relatively to the industry average, have significantly shorter survival rates. This is especially relevant for firms starting out with female shares in the lower tail of the distribution. They exit about 18 months earlier than firms with a median share of females. We see no differences in survival between firms at the top of the female share distribution and at the median, though. We further document that highly discriminatory firms that manage to survive submit to market powers and increase their female workforce over time. -- Firm survival ; profitability ; female employment ; discrimination, market test ; matched employer-employee data

     
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    Series: Ruhr economic papers ; 146
    Subjects: Weibliche Arbeitskräfte; Geschlechterdiskriminierung; Unternehmensgründung; Unternehmenserfolg; Rentabilität; Österreich
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  24. Competition and gender prejudice
    are discriminatory employers doomed to fail?
    Author: Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to... more

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    According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to leave. We present new empirical evidence for this prediction by studying the survival of startup firms in a large longitudinal matched employer-employee data set from Austria. Our results show that firms with strong preferences for discrimination, i.e. a low share of female employees relatively to the industry average, have significantly shorter survival rates. This is especially relevant for firms starting out with female shares in the lower tail of the distribution. They exit about 18 months earlier than firms with a median share of females. We see no differences in survival between firms at the top of the female share distribution and at the median, though. We further document that highly discriminatory firms that manage to survive submit to market powers and increase their female workforce over time. -- Firm survival ; profitability ; female employment ; discrimination ; market test ; matched employer-employee data

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 4526
    Subjects: Weibliche Arbeitskräfte; Geschlechterdiskriminierung; Unternehmensgründung; Unternehmenserfolg; Rentabilität; Österreich
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  25. Female hires and the success of start-up firms
    Author: Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year... more

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    In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with female first hires are more successful and stay longer in the market. We conclude that our results support the hypothesis that gender-diversity in leading positions is an advantage for start-up firms. -- Firm survival ; profitability ; female employment ; discrimination ; market test ; matched employer-employee data

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 4568
    Subjects: Unternehmensgründung; Personalbeschaffung; Frauenpolitik; Diversity Management; Unternehmenserfolg; Erfolgsfaktor; Österreich
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