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Gender Diversity – Technology can promote it
BCG analyzed technology’s potential in aiding companies’ gender diversity efforts and concluded that technology can help in both short-term and long-term ways. In the short term, companies can use technology to support specific types of diversity interventions. Longer term, women who develop expertise in digital will be positioning themselves for leadership roles in the many … Continue reading
Gender Gap in Spain – Women still rank second in key areas of society related to employment
The goal of this study was to analyse the perceptions of Spanish women taking occupational training courses and of gender equality experts with respect to the relationship between initial formal education, occupational training, continuing education and employment, as well as the role played by the family in this relationship, in order to elucidate conceptions of … Continue reading
Gender Differences in Occupations in US – Risk aversion and attitudes toward competition, a clear scope for future
The differential sorting of men and women into different occupations could be an important channel through which gender wage differences are maintained. At the same time, the same factors that lead men and women to choose different occupations may also have a direct effect on the gender wage gap. Over the last decade, labor economists … Continue reading
US – Men are taking ‘women’s’ jobs
Jobs that were mostly female in 2000 and have become more male are lower-status jobs. The share of women who work in stores selling products and answering customer questions fell 10 percent; the share for crossing guards and counter clerks each fell 7 percent, and for textile workers it fell 5 percent. Men are much … Continue reading
The Gender Employment gap in Europe – Women’s participation rates are still systematically lower than those of men
Women’s labour market participation in the European Union has increased over recent decades. In 2014, women comprised almost 46% of people active in the EU labour market. Nevertheless, women’s participation rates are still systematically lower than those of men in almost all Member States. This report explores the main characteristics and the evolution of gender … Continue reading
Gender Gap in Scientific Occupations in Canada – From 1991 to 2011, the proportion of women in scientific occupations requiring a university education rose from 18% to 23%
This article provides information on women aged 25 to 64 in natural and applied sciences occupations in Canada (i.e. scientific occupations), using data from the 1991 and 2001 censuses and the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). The employment conditions of men and women in these occupations are also examined, based on data from the Labour … Continue reading
Gender Gap in US – Pay drops as women take over a male-dominated field
A new study from researchers at Cornell University found that the difference between the occupations and industries in which men and women work has recently become the single largest cause of the gender pay gap, accounting for more than half of it. In fact, another study shows, when women enter fields in greater numbers, pay … Continue reading
Women – Work Trends 2016
Gender gaps in labour force participation and employment rates declined only marginally Between 1995 and 2015, the global female labour force participation rate decreased from 52.4 to 49.6 per cent. The corresponding gures for men are 79.9 and 76.1 per cent, respectively. Worldwide, the chances for women to participate in the labour market remain almost … Continue reading
Gender Gap – The “unexplained” element had shrunk
Why do women make less than men? You probably know that women earn about 80 cents on the dollar compared to men (specifically, this refers to median full-time wages). You may also know that after narrowing for decades, the gender pay gap has remained essentially stuck since the 1990s. Occupation and industry now explain gender … Continue reading
Gender Wage Gaps in US – For every dollar paid to white, African American women are paid from just 48 cents to 69 cents and Latinas from just 43 cents to 59 cents
According to just-released U.S. Census Bureau data, African American women and Latinas are suffering from significant gender-based wage gaps in the 20 states in which most are employed full time, year round. The analysis reveals that for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men in these states, on average, African American women are paid from … Continue reading
Gender Gap – 65% of women don’t think men consider them equals at work
65% Of Women Don’t Think Men Consider Them Equals At Work How women and men really feel about workplace sexism, according to a MAKERS/HuffPost survey. Source: 65% Of Women Don’t Think Men Consider Them Equals At Work
Gender Gap in UK – Women are significantly less likely to receive any employer training compared to men
Women are significantly less likely to receive any employer training compared to men Men are more likely than women to receive a pay rise following training Women are given generic training, while companies pay for men to become better leaders Young men earn 21% more than young women on an Apprenticeship In a survey to … Continue reading
Gender pay gap in UK – Women working for free until end of year
Britain’s gender pay gap will leave women effectively working for free from 9 November until the end of the year, according to equality campaigners. This year, Equal Pay Day falls on this date, according to the Fawcett Society, which uses official statistics on hourly pay for full-time workers. With the gender pay gap at 14.2%, … Continue reading
Gender Gap – Over time, women’s aspiration levels drop more than 60% while men’s stay the same
For the past five years, Bain & Company has studied how and why women’s career paths differ from men’s. We surveyed more than 1,000 men and women in the US at all career levels, asking specifically about their interest in pursuing a top management position (board, CEO level, and one or two levels below CEO) … Continue reading
Gender Gap in US – Some Charts
The most recently available data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show women above the age of 35 typically make less than 80% the salary of their male counterparts. Among younger workers it is a bit better, but still unequal, with women aged 16 to 34 making about 90 cents to every dollar paid … Continue reading
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