A European Project Examines the Gender Pay Gap in IT Professions

A European project of institutions located in Austria, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom investigated wage differences between women and men in three occupations: workers in the food processing industry, secondary school teachers, and engineers with a university degree. In Aus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hoenig, Barbara, Kreimer, Margareta
Other Authors: Periphery Institute of Gender Research, in cooperation with The Norwegian Centre of Gender Equality
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2003
Subjects:
Gender Pay Gap
Gender Studies
Discrimination
Social & behavioral sciences
psychology
Sociology & social sciences
Sciences sociales & comportementales
psychologie
Sociologie & sciences sociales
Iceland
Online Access:https://orbilu.uni.lu/handle/10993/22165
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Summary:A European project of institutions located in Austria, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom investigated wage differences between women and men in three occupations: workers in the food processing industry, secondary school teachers, and engineers with a university degree. In Austria, about 30 workers in 10 companies as well as representatives of the social partners were interviewed and quantitative data were collected in the context of a standardised survey. Towards a Closing of the Gender Pay Gap

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