Europe – Sticky floors or glass ceilings? The role of human capital, working time flexibility and discrimination in the gender wage gap (VOXEU)

May 16, 2021

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

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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