Earnings Differentials in Manufacturing in Greece: A Statistical Exploration

Despite certain improvements in the relative position of working women in Greece in recent years, there are still significant female‐male earnings differentials in all sectors and industries of the economy. As can be seen from Table I, the earnings of women in most manufacturing industries in 1984 were way below the earnings of men, particularly in the case of salaried employees. Comparing the female‐male earnings ratios for 1976 and 1984 we see an improvement in women's relative position but the gender gap still remained quite large in 1984.