employment, both of which are on the rise. The importance of full-time employment has declined. This accounts for most of the … reduction in their average workweek, which decreased by 2.3 hours to 31.9 hours between 1993 and 2007. The full-time employment … Germany, the women who this applies to often find that this form of employment provides too low a level of work. Long …

rural areas, the gender pay gap is especially pronounced (2006: 33 percent) while in metropolitan areas it is considerably … lower than the average (2006: 12 percent). This more favorable ratio is mainly due to the increased employment opportunities …