Elke Holst

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Elke Holst is a German economist . She was Research Director Gender Studies and Senior Economist at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Berlin. Her research focus is the labor market.

Life

Elke Holst studied economics at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. After graduating, Holst did a doctorate at the Department of Economics and Management at the Technical University of Berlin . She then completed her habilitation in economics at the University of Flensburg . Holst was initially a lecturer, then a private lecturer at her habilitation university in Flensburg.

Holst spent a long time abroad doing various research stays. She was at Brandeis University , the University of California, Santa Barbara , Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts in Boston, among others .

After various activities in the private sector, public administration and science, Elke Holst worked as a scientist at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin since the 1980s . From December 2010 to May 2019 she was Research Director Gender Studies and Senior Economist at DIW Berlin. Her successor was Katharina Wrohlich.

The labor market expert's research interests lie in the field of labor economics and gender economics , she works in particular on the gender pay gap and vertical / horizontal gender segregation. Holst has published numerous scientific publications on the subject. Her articles and research papers have been received and quoted in various media.

Quote

Holst expresses himself decidedly on women's politics:

“It took a world war before women were given the right to vote 100 years ago in Germany. While the men had to go to the front, women had confessed to “their husbands”. Thanks to numerous courageous political struggles, formal equality between women and men is now enshrined in law. That is a great achievement! But in reality, women are often at a disadvantage. For example, their hourly earnings are more than a fifth below that of men and they are severely underrepresented in positions of power. That is why it is still worth fighting for actual equality for women today, so that this becomes a reality in far less than 100 years. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. Elke Holst. Retrieved June 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c PD Dr. Elke Holst.DIW Berlin, accessed on July 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Elke Holst member of the board. DIW Berlin, December 12, 2013, accessed on July 13, 2018 .
  4. ↑ DIW Berlin: Katharina Wrohlich. Retrieved June 3, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Alexander Hagelüken: Women have more stress - and get less money for it. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. March 2, 2016, accessed July 12, 2018 .
  6. ↑ The number of women in management positions is increasing - but slowly. In: Original sound B5. Bayerischer Rundfunk, July 18, 2017, accessed on September 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Elke Holst: The independence trap of women. In: Spiegel Online. December 11, 2014, accessed July 12, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Elke Holst. In: FRAUEN MACHT POLITIK. Retrieved June 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Holst, Elke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century