A provisional estimate of the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) shows that in 2022 the average hourly gross earnings of women were 17.1 % lower than those of men. Compared to the year before, the unadjusted gender pay gap has grown by 2.5 percentage points. The gap in earnings of males and females is affected by various social and economic factors – the number of men and women in a specific sector, their occupation and work duties, educational attainment, age, service increment, number of hours worked, as well as labour supply and demand trends and structural changes in the labour market. The indicator is calculated without excluding the effect of these factors, which might explain the gap.
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