Labour market inequality among Central and Eastern European countries: an emphasis on the gender employment and pay gap

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-025-02831-z" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-025-02831-z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00181-025-02831-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00181-025-02831-z</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Labour market inequality among Central and Eastern European countries: an emphasis on the gender employment and pay gap

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

There is less emphasis in the literature on the gender employment and pay gaps among Central and Eastern European Countries. Our paper therefore fills this gap by throwing more light on the phenomena. First, we explored the evolution of the gender employment and pay gaps in each of the countries. Second, we tested for convergence and club convergence among the Member States of the European Union. Third, we assessed the drivers of the gender employment gap with emphasis on the role of technological progress. Our results show that Bulgaria has the least gender employment gap over a longer period and Slovakia since 2020. Hungary, Poland, Romania and Czechia have high gender employment gaps. We found that the least gender pay gaps occur in Poland and Romania whereas Bulgaria, Czechia Hungary and Slovakia have high gender pay gaps. Our test of convergence confirms the presence of club convergence for both the gender employment and pay gaps. Lastly, we found that technological progress reduces the gender employment gap in low skilled and high-educated labour, while increasing that of middle-educated labour indicating the likelihood of technological progress displacing women who on the average perform more routine tasks compared to men.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Labour market inequality among Central and Eastern European countries: an emphasis on the gender employment and pay gap

Popis výsledku anglicky

There is less emphasis in the literature on the gender employment and pay gaps among Central and Eastern European Countries. Our paper therefore fills this gap by throwing more light on the phenomena. First, we explored the evolution of the gender employment and pay gaps in each of the countries. Second, we tested for convergence and club convergence among the Member States of the European Union. Third, we assessed the drivers of the gender employment gap with emphasis on the role of technological progress. Our results show that Bulgaria has the least gender employment gap over a longer period and Slovakia since 2020. Hungary, Poland, Romania and Czechia have high gender employment gaps. We found that the least gender pay gaps occur in Poland and Romania whereas Bulgaria, Czechia Hungary and Slovakia have high gender pay gaps. Our test of convergence confirms the presence of club convergence for both the gender employment and pay gaps. Lastly, we found that technological progress reduces the gender employment gap in low skilled and high-educated labour, while increasing that of middle-educated labour indicating the likelihood of technological progress displacing women who on the average perform more routine tasks compared to men.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Empirical Economics

ISSN

0377-7332

e-ISSN

1435-8921

Svazek periodika

69

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

32

Strana od-do

3935-3966

Kód UT WoS článku

001581626100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105017383942