The differences in the salaries of women and men arise mainly from individual decisions, with women being underrepresented in high-wage sectors and tending to work in smaller companies.
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According to a recent study of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW), the majority of employees in the EU are satisfied with their job.
According to the latest survey results from the 2016 Monitor of Corporate Family Friendliness, companies and employees are equally convinced that digitalization has the potential to improve the reconciliation of work and family life. Almost half of all extensively digitalized enterprises, those qualifying for what is coming to be known as Industry 4.0, have a distinctively family-friendly corporate culture.
The influence on a company’s success of cultural diversity within its workforce depends on the wider context. Cultural variety in itself is neither solely beneficial nor detrimental. This is the result of an empirical analysis of Linked-Employer Employee data for Germany about the interaction between culturally diverse groups in firms and its (possible) influence on gross value added.
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