The year on year increase, however, dropped below 5% … Continue reading "2018 Workforce Statistics" The employment rate is considered to be a key social indicator for analytical purposes when studying developments in labour markets. Krusell, P, T Mukoyama, R Rogerson, and A Şahin (2011), “A Three-State Model of Worker Flows in General Equilibrium”, Journal of Economic Theory 146(3): 1107-1133. Among the countries with the largest gender gap in absolute terms (8 p.p. This indicator belongs to the set of headline indicators used to monitor the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. As shown in the figure below, the differences in the industry distribution account for nearly all of the gender differences starting with the 1990-1992 recession. In 1979, the first year for which comparable earnings data are available, women’s earnings were 62 percent of men’s. Among the countries with the largest gender employment gaps, above 15 p.p., the employment rate in Greece (59.5 %), Italy (63.0 %) and Romania (69.9 %) was below the EU average, whereas it was higher in Hungary (74.4 %), Malta (75.5 %) and Czechia (79.9 %). Statista. div#block-eoguidanceviewheader .dol-alerts p {padding: 0;margin: 0;} For the rest of this section on earnings, which uses data from the last 4-yearly collection of the Structure of Earnings Survey of 2014, the comparison with other different variables is made with 2014 data. Only 32% of managers in South Africa were women. You could say women have come a long way since Rosie's day. Covid-19 and School Closures: Can pupils make up for lost time? While a temporary rise in participation may be associated with an increase the unemployment rate in the short run, it is not clear why the unemployment rate should rise in response to a trend increase in participation. ), Greece (21.0 p.p. 2013. With over 900,000 women in core STEM occupations* we are on track to reaching WISE’s goal of 1 million women in core STEM in 2020. Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) from The World Bank: Data Learn how the World Bank Group is helping countries with COVID-19 (coronavirus). Then, we adjust parameters to induce a 3 percentage point decline in both female and male labour force participation, which is in line with the 2.8 percentage point decline from 2009 to 2015. The indicators show gender gaps, together with levels achieved for the population as a whole, at EU level and across Member States (e.g. In addition, Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment conducts Employment-Unemployment Surveys annually. While the decline in employment for men during the Great Recession may have been particularly severe following the housing crisis, our results suggest that the Great Recession was not unusual in terms of the gender difference in employment behaviour. One of the prominent indicators in education statistics is the proportion of persons who have attained tertiary education (i.e. Certain occupations had more female than male managers: medical and health services, human resources, social and community service, education, public relations, fundraising, advertising and promotion, lodging, property, real estate and community association managers. To quantify the role of gender differences in industry distribution, we calculate the change in employment during recessions, starting with the 1969-1970 cycle. To give a complete picture of the gender earnings gap, a new synthetic indicator has been developed. ), the employment rate was above the EU-27 average rate of 72.4 %. Learn more about how Statista can support your business. Fogli, A and L Veldkamp (2011), “Nature or Nurture? The female participation rate stabilised at around 60% in the early 1990s. .manual-search-block #edit-actions--2 {order:2;} These four were the only EU Member States with a gender employment gap not exceeding 5 p.p. Please do not hesitate to contact me. The sizable changes in the participation behaviour of women and men in the post-war period provide an ideal setting to examine the relationship between labour force participation and unemployment over a long horizon.