Britta Hecker

Britta Hecker is a junior researcher in the department “Education, Training, and Employment over the Life Course” at the IAB. Her research interests include education, migration and labour economics.

Since October 2022, she has been scholarship holder of the GradAB graduate program of the IAB. She studied Economics (B.Sc.) and Quantitative Economics (M.Sc.) at Kiel University.

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Portrait of a female architect standing on a construction site, smiling confidently. In the background, a group of men are looking at a plan. The focus is on the woman.

August 5, 2026 | Social Inequality, Joblessness and Social Inclusion

Why confidence matters: The hidden barrier for women in STEM

Britta Hecker, Ipek Yükselen Saif

Despite strong educational achievements, women in Germany remain underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers – an imbalance that fuels the gender pay gap, as ...read more