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The Gender Pay Discrepancies – A Global Issue. The Case Of Romania

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  • Meral (Ibraim) Kagitci

    (Bucharest Academy of Economics)

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The purpose of this article is to present the gender pay gap in the Member States of the European Union. The European legislation had a good impact on eliminating the direct discrimination between women and men regarding the pay gap. However, beside all efforts, the statistics show a persisting gender pay gap of 16,4 % on average for the 27 EU Member States in 2010, recording a slight downward trend in recent years, when the figure was around 17% or higher. The causes of the gender pay gap are much more complex and include direct discrimination, greater difficulties for woman in balancing work and private life and stereotypes that influence the evaluation and classification of occupations or the choice of education undertaken by men and women. Even if the Europen Union has been taking action in the field for more than 50 years, the closing process of the gender pay gap appears to be very slow. Also, in a number of countries the gender pay gap is even widening again.

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  • Meral (Ibraim) Kagitci, 2013. "The Gender Pay Discrepancies – A Global Issue. The Case Of Romania," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 8(3.1), pages 92-105, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:rau:journl:v:8:y:2013:i:3.1:p:92-105
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