The purpose of this article is to assess the likely effects of the Single European Market on women′s positions in the labour market. It is expected that for employment in the Community as a whole there will be a “j‐curve” evolution and a redistribution across sectors, industries,...

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...

Introduction Despite large increases in the employment of women in most Western European countries, women's employment in Greece grew at a relatively low rate during the period 1971–1981. During that period, the overall increase in women's employment in the country was 4.7 per cent compared...