A Eurofound report explores gender differences across several dimensions of working conditions, examining relevant country differences, analysing the different occupational groups of both men and women, and comparing the public and private sectors. Despite much legislative progress in gender equality over the past 40 years, discrimination by gender is still evident in the differences in access to the labour market and varied employment patterns and associated working conditions, reflective of persistent gender segregation. In relation to the current crisis, it is clear that pressures on jobs and pay are very much concentrated on the public sector, where many women are employed.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/49/en/1/EF1349EN.pdf
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/491/en/1/EF13491EN.pdf
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