According to the latest figures released by Eurostat, the gender pay gap reached 27%, more than the double of neighbouring Latvia and Lithuania and well above the EU average of 16%. Among the reasons for this phenomenon researchers mention the concentration of women in underpaid professions, but also the confidentiality of salaries in the private sector, gendered patterns in occupation choices, the incompatibility between demanding careers and family life, the double burden of paid work and household chores and workplace discrimination.
English: http://www.equaltimes.org/news/will-women-be-excluded-from-booming ...
Focus on the gender pay gap: http://www.sm.ee/fileadmin/meedia/Dokumendid ...
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