IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/mul/je8794/doi10.1429-80934y2015i2p213-232.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Gender Mainstreaming in Public Financing of Universities: Central Findings for Germany

Author

Listed:
  • Birgit Erbe

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to assess two funding tools, namely performancebasedallocation of funds and target agreements, with respect to their suitability for use in fosteringgender equality. It uses the example of higher education in Germany, examining gendermainstreaming in the public financing of universities and the redistribution of funds withintheir structures. The practice of gender-responsive budgeting in the German higher educationsystem will be analysed on the basis of 13 qualitative case studies of state-run universities. Themain features of the state funding system, along with its strengths and weaknesses in promotinggender equality in academia, will be identified.

Suggested Citation

  • Birgit Erbe, 2015. "Gender Mainstreaming in Public Financing of Universities: Central Findings for Germany," Politica economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 2, pages 213-232.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:je8794:doi:10.1429/80934:y:2015:i:2:p:213-232
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.1429/80934
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1429/80934
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:mul:je8794:doi:10.1429/80934:y:2015:i:2:p:213-232. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.rivisteweb.it/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.