Gabriele Ciminelli, Cyrille Schwellnus
Despite progress in recent decades, women in Europe still earn roughly 15% less per hour than similarly qualified men. This column uses individual-level data to analyse the drivers of gender wage gaps and finds that in Northern and Western Europe the gap is largely a consequence of childbirth (a ‘glass ceiling’), while in Central and Eastern Europe it is due more to social norms, gender stereotyping, and discrimination (or ‘sticky floors’). Closing gender wage gaps will thus require policies tailored to the circumstances of individual countries.
https://voxeu.org/article/human-capital-working-time-flexibility-and-discrimination-gender-wage-gap
