There are considerable differences in gender unemployment gaps across the EU. We use labor force survey data on 21 … countries to perform a series of data decompositions and show that the cross-country variation in gender unemployment gaps is … permanently withdraw from the labor force after childbirth, the size of gender differences in unemployment strongly correlates …

We provide a parsimonious explanation for 80% of the extensive variation in gender unemployment gaps across the EU. We …. Specifically, we suggest that gender unemployment gaps arise through a mechanism that involves the effect of childbirth on women … statutory family leaves within the remaining group of EU countries. In addition, gender unemployment gaps among individuals with …

before the crisis. Today, the unemployment rate is lower than the EU average, though Sweden no longer stands out in this …The economic crisis in the early 1990s brought about a dramatic increase in unemployment and a similar decrease in … labor force participation. Unemployment declined afterwards, but stabilized at around 6-7% - more than twice as high as …