[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2011\u002Fthe-gender-gap-a-comparative-analysis-of-wages-in-times-of-recession":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":12,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":25,"body_blocks":33,"call_to_action":39,"categories":46,"owner":7,"authors":47,"related_pages":48,"related_sites":49,"in_subsite":50,"contact_page_url":51,"banner_message":52},20890,"the-gender-gap-a-comparative-analysis-of-wages-in-times-of-recession","The Gender Gap - A comparative analysis of wages in times of recession",null,"","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2011\u002Fthe-gender-gap-a-comparative-analysis-of-wages-in-times-of-recession","pages.publicationpage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2026-02-24T17:17:13.750547+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F20890\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,24],{"title":17,"slug":18},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Publications","publications",{"title":23,"slug":23},"2011",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":26,"canonical":27,"robots":28,"og_type":29,"twitter_card":30,"locale":11,"created_at":31,"last_modified_at":32},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpublications\u002F2011\u002Fthe-gender-gap-a-comparative-analysis-of-wages-in-times-of-recession\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2026-04-02T22:39:14.301994+02:00",[34],{"type":35,"data":36},"text_block",{"content":37,"variant":38},"\u003Cp>This report on the gender wage gap is based on approximately 510,000 observations, collected by the Wage Indicator Foundation between 2006 and 2010.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summary of findings:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\u003Cli>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.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>The gender wage differential widens with age.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>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.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Trade union membership seems to help narrow the pay gap.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>A high percentage of women think that women don’t have the same opportunities as men when it comes to promotion into management positions.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>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.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>Grouped by region the countries involved are:\u003Cbr\u002F>in South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Paraguay\u003Cbr\u002F>in Central and North America: El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States\u003Cbr\u002F>in Western Europe: Belgium, Denmark, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK\u003Cbr\u002F>in Africa: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia\u003Cbr\u002F>in Asia: Armenia, China, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Download PDF:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fdocuments\u002Fthe-gender-gap-wageindicator-report-01-2011-18336bcf6c56.pdf\">The-Gender-Gap-WageIndicator-Report-01-2011\u003C\u002Fa> Quarterly Wage Indicator report – March 2011. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: WageIndicator Foundation. (EN). (450 kB)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":40,"link":41},"Contact us",{"title":40,"url":42,"description":40,"rel":43,"type":44,"id":45},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]