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This report on the gender wage gap is based on approximately 510,000 observations, collected by the Wage Indicator Foundation between 2006 and 2010.
Summary of findings:
- Men earn considerably more than women. This fact is borne out by a comparison of eleven countries selected from the dataset. The gender pay gap is especially pronounced in the developing countries and it occurs in most occupations.
- The gender wage differential widens with age.
- One of the most surprising findings of this report is the wide gender gap in the higher educated group: men with an undergraduate or a graduate degree are much better rewarded than women with comparable levels of education.
- Trade union membership seems to help narrow the pay gap.
- A high percentage of women think that women don’t have the same opportunities as men when it comes to promotion into management positions.
- Although there are some qualitative working conditions that favour the female labour force – usually women are exempt from dangerous jobs- women still carry the bulk of the household burden, resulting in a longer working day than male workers make.
Grouped by region the countries involved are:
in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay
in Central and North America: El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States
in Western Europe: Belgium, Denmark, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK
in Africa: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia
in Asia: Armenia, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Download PDF:
Perinelli, B., Beker, V.A. (2011). The Gender Gap. A comparative analysis of wages in times of recession. Quarterly Wage Indicator report – March 2011. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: WageIndicator Foundation. (EN). (450 kB)