Studies and Evidence
Scientific foundations and industry reports that support our experience categories.
Foundational Research
Industry Reports
DACH Sources
Bibliography
References
Statistisches Bundesamt / Destatis (2025). Gender Pay Gap 2025. https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Labour/Labour-Market/Quality-Employment/Dimension1/1_5_GenderPayGap.html
Deutscher Frauenrat (2023). Positionierung zur inklusiven Terminologie und Trans-Inklusion. Dachorganisation der deutschen Frauenverbände (60+ Mitgliedsorganisationen).
Lemke, L. (2023). Queer FLINTA*, Visibilities and the German Feminist Movement. Capstone thesis, University of Groningen / Campus Fryslan.
Babcock, L., Peyser, B., Vesterlund, L., & Weingart, L. (2022). The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Babcock, L., Recalde, M.P., Vesterlund, L., & Weingart, L. (2017). Gender Differences in Accepting and Receiving Requests for Tasks with Low Promotability. American Economic Review, 107(3), 714–747.
Correll, S.J. (2017). SWS 2016 Feminist Lecture: Reducing Gender Biases in Modern Workplaces: A Small Wins Approach to Organizational Change. Gender & Society, 31(6), 725–750.
Williams, J.C. (2014). Hacking Tech's Diversity Problem. Harvard Business Review, October 2014.
Williams, J.C. & Dempsey, R. (2014). What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know. New York: NYU Press.
Correll, S.J., Benard, S., & Paik, I. (2007). Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty? American Journal of Sociology, 112(5), 1297–1338.
Fletcher, J.K. (1999). Disappearing Acts: Gender, Power, and Relational Practice at Work. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Yoder, J.D. (1991). Rethinking Tokenism: Looking Beyond Numbers. Gender & Society, 5(2), 178–192.
Acker, J. (1990). Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations. Gender & Society, 4(2), 139–158.
Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1989(1), 139–167.
Kanter, R.M. (1977). Men and Women of the Corporation. New York: Basic Books.
Kanter, R.M. (1977). Some Effects of Proportions on Group Life: Skewed Sex Ratios and Responses to Token Women. American Journal of Sociology, 82(5), 965–990.
European Commission / Eurostat. Gender pay gap in unadjusted form (earn_grgpg2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/earn_grgpg2_esms.htm
Crenshaw, K. (1991). Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color. Stanford Law Review, 43(6), 1241–1299.
Legal sources:
Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (SBGG), Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 2024. https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sbgg/
Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG), Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 2006. https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_agg/englisch_agg.html
Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (GlBG), Republik Österreich, 2004. https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20003395
Gleichstellungsgesetz (GlG), Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, 1995. https://www.ebg.admin.ch/de/sexuelle-belastigung-am-arbeitsplatz