The gender pay gap is a complex phenomenon, caused by a number of
factors. One of these is definitely the discrimination suffered by women in the
workplace. Very often the professionalism of the female figure is
underestimated. Other factors are surely due by tradition and by gender roles,
which determine the place of women and men in society right from their early
age.
Finally, women usually choose part-time jobs in order to combine family
and working life. The wage gap is in fact higher for women with children or part-time
jobs. Women usually spend more time at home and with children while men rarely
take parental leave or choose part-time jobs. The working day of a man at work
is usually longer, but if you add up the hours paid and unpaid, a woman works
definitely more.
The ninth edition of the Global Gender Gap Report, a study that takes
into account women's participation in economic life and work in 142 countries,
has placed Italy in the bottom of the ranking concerning participation in
political and economic life. Unlike other sectors, such as health and
education, where the gender gap is almost non-existent, we can’t say the same
in terms of wages.
On this last aspect Italy is confirmed the tail-end among the developed
countries. We are in fact in the last place in Europe, in the 114th
place in the overall standings, and in the 129th place regarding equal pay for equal work. The
Observatory JobPricing provided a statistic showing where there are the main
differences in compensation between men and women in the four main levels: Executives,
Managers, Employees and Workers. |
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As we can see in the chart, on the average we have a gap of 7.2% in
wages, with men who earn about € 2,000 more than women. We can notice that, the
biggest gap is in salaries of employees, with a discrepancy that exceeds 10%.
In the sector of management, the gender pay gap is of about 8%, in fact, even
if women manage to access to the highest positions of corporate hierarchies,
they still earn € 8,000 less than their male colleagues.
February 28th is the 59th day of the year. February
28th is the perfect day to celebrate the "European Day for
equal pay 'for men and women. Data coming from the European Commission report
are clear: "The gender pay gap, which is the difference between the
average hourly wage of men and women in the whole economy, has remained almost
unchanged in the last years and is still about 16%. The 16% a year, is
tantamount to 59 days since January 1st until today, so in other
words, it is as if from the beginning of the year to February 28, women have
worked "to zero wage" than men.
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