Between 1992-1996 in Hungary the gross earnings of women came to 79 to 88 per cent of those of men, their net average earnings were by 16 per cent lower than those of men. The latter is a consequence of the Hungarian personal income taxation system as the tax burdens for people with lower...

The share of female workers is significantly higher i the public than the private sector. This could be due to several reasons: different preferences towards job characteristics, or perhaps to lower discrimination against women in the public sector due to strict wage grids and hiring and...