In Europe, despite equal treatment laws that mainly concern wages and non-discrimination between individuals, the gendered division of labour is still present: men and women do not work in the same professions and, when they work in similar occupations, their work activity, work experience,...

The aim of this paper is to examine the issues of gender disparities in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, with a special focus given to countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)1. The analysis is conducted in several dimensions: labour participation,...

This paper addresses the issue of the gender pay gap in the formal and informal labour markets in Poland. The authors verify the hypothesis of the existence of a gender pay gap in informal work and compare this gap with the one observed in the formal (registered) labour market. Various analyses...

Labour market inclusion is a key component of gender equality. In recent decades, in Ireland and Northern Ireland, women have increasingly entered paid employment. Yet, comparative research across the island on the level and conditions of women's participation remains limited. Different...

How do ETH alumni fare in the world of work? How satisfied are they with their job and how much do they earn? Do they think that they perform interesting tasks? How many are in a leadership position? And are there differences between female and male graduates? This report answers these and...

Anhaltend hohe Arbeitslosenzahlen in Deutschland werden immer wieder auch auf eine zu rigide Entgeltstruktur zurückgeführt. Diese Inflexibilität habe ihre Ursache in einem (zu) stark regulierten Arbeitsmarkt. Das deutsche Arbeitsrecht lasse Flexibilisierungen im Entgeltbereich nicht (oder...

Im Rahmen eines interdisziplinären Projektverbunds des Zentrums für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung in Mannheim und der Universität Mannheim wurden im Zeitraum von Mitte April bis Mitte Mai 1998 in Form von Fallstudien die Entgeltsysteme von drei Großunternehmen aus dem Rhein-Neckar-Raum...

Mit Hilfe der 1%-Mikrozensus-Stichprobe des Statistischen Bundesamtes für das Jahr 2001 werden qualifikationsspezifische Einkommensunterschiede in Deutschland untersucht. Die Nettoeinkommen sind klar gestaffelt: Promovierte verdienen rund 50 % mehr als nicht promovierte Akademiker, nicht...