Diversity of corporate officers and its regional disparities in Germany

IF 3.3 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Economic Systems Pub Date : 2025-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ecosys.2024.101276

Ichiro Iwasaki , Mihoko Satogami

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Abstract

This paper explores the regional disparities in the diversity of corporate officers in Germany. Our empirical analysis, encompassing 65,745 German businesses, reveals a pronounced inclination among Berlin and former East German firms to appoint female officers, in contrast to their former West German counterparts. Furthermore, we found that companies in Berlin exhibit greater diversity in the national backgrounds of their officers as compared to those in the former West Germany, while firms in the former East German regions lag behind in this aspect. Moreover, our empirical results indicate a greater willingness among Berlin and East German firms to hire younger corporate officers as compared to firms in the former West Germany. These findings demonstrate statistical robustness against heterogeneity in industrial sectors and firm sizes and are particularly evident in companies established after the 1990 reunification.

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德国企业管理人员的多样性及其地区差异

本文探讨了德国企业高管多样性的地区差异。我们对65,745家德国企业的实证分析显示，与前西德企业相比，柏林和前东德企业明显倾向于任命女性高管。此外，我们发现，与前西德的公司相比，柏林的公司在其官员的国家背景方面表现出更大的多样性，而前东德地区的公司在这方面落后。此外，我们的实证结果表明，与前西德的公司相比，柏林和东德的公司更愿意雇佣更年轻的公司高管。这些发现证明了统计稳健性，反对工业部门和公司规模的异质性，在1990年统一后成立的公司中尤其明显。

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Economic Systems ECONOMICS-

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4.90

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审稿时长

48 days

期刊介绍： Economic Systems is a refereed journal for the analysis of causes and consequences of the significant institutional variety prevailing among developed, developing, and emerging economies, as well as attempts at and proposals for their reform. The journal is open to micro and macro contributions, theoretical as well as empirical, the latter to analyze related topics against the background of country or region-specific experiences. In this respect, Economic Systems retains its long standing interest in the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe and other former transition economies, but also encourages contributions that cover any part of the world, including Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, or Africa.