M.A. Carolin Dylla
Freie Universität Berlin
Promotionskolleg EQUALFIN
PhD Candidate
Doktorandin
Room 402
14195 Berlin
Education
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Since 02/2025 |
PhD Candidate, EQUALFIN |
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10/2022 – 07/2024 |
Master in International Macroeconomics and Governance, EPOG+ Erasmus Joint Degree with HWR Berlin and Alliance Sorbonne Université Paris. |
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09/2021 – 06/2022 |
Master in International Relations: Global Political Economy, Leiden University, Netherlands |
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10/2017 – 03/21 |
Bachelor in International Economics and Development, Bayreuth University, Germany |
Work Experience
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Since 08/2024 |
Research Associate, Hertie School of Governance, Chair of Public and Financial Management |
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07/2024 – 09/2024 |
Project Assistant, “Die Zukunft redet mit”, Fiscal Future e.V. |
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01/2023 – 04/2023 |
Research Assistant, Bertelsmann Transformation Index, Bertelsmann Foundation |
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05/2021 – 07/2021 |
Intern, DIW Econ |
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01/2020 – 03/2020 |
Intern, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Accra, Ghana |
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04/2019 – 07/2020 |
Tutor in Macroeconomics 1, Chair of Economic Policy and Economic Development, Bayreuth University |
Research Project
Project Title: “Male and Female Portfolio Choices in Times of Polycrisis: Gender Differences in Access to Financial Markets under Stress and Uncertainty.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Peter Mohr
The research project aims to understand possible systematic differences between male and female financial portfolio choices under stress and uncertainty. This is set against the backdrop of the gender pension gap and disproportionately high female poverty in retirement. While the relevance of the gender income gap and an unequal distribution of care work thereto have been demonstrated, little research has thus far shown the consequences of financial decision making on the accumulation of financial income and wealth. Concerning gender differences in portfolio choices, economic literature has shown that women tend to make relatively less risky investment decisions. The reasons behind these gender discrepancies, however, are still contested. Moreover, the influence of increasing political and economic instabilities in the so-called era of “polycrisis” on these decisions has not yet been sufficiently researched. The dissertation aims to fill these gaps on the socio-economic research agenda in three steps: Firstly, it will investigate differences in the ways men and women perceive financial risks and adapt their risk-preferences to stress and uncertainty. Secondly, it will ask how we may use these risk-preferences and their adaptations to predict actual portfolio allocation choices. Finally, the dissertation aims to assess the role of these allocation choices with regards to gender wealth inequalities and the role that fiscal and monetary policy play in this vein. Such work is important given the continuous financialization of pension systems towards a capital-based system relying on private investment schemes to ensure financial security in old age.
Dylla, Carolin, Dorothea Ries, and Karolina Schütt. 2024. ‘Is There No Women in Investment? Exploring Gender Differences in Investment Behaviour in Germany’. IPE Working Paper. https://www.ipe-berlin.org/fileadmin/institut-ipe/Dokumente/Working_Papers/ipe_working_paper_236.pdf.