“The gender pay gap narrowed during the coronavirus crisis – except for low earnings,” reads the headline of a brief report by the Institute for Employment Research of the German Federal Employment Agency.
For medium and high earnings, the gap decreased. However, for the lowest earnings, it increased.
– In 2019, the gender pay gap (difference in median annual earnings between men and women) was 36.2%.
– In 2020, the earnings gap decreased by 1.2 percentage points to 35%, and in 2021 to 33.8%.
– Between 2019 and 2021, women with medium and high annual earnings caught up compared to men.
– However, for very low earnings, the gap widened: the bottom 10% of women experienced significantly greater losses than men, meaning they were particularly negatively affected by the coronavirus crisis.
– The “retention rate” of women in full-time employment was lower, while the rate of women in part-time and mini-jobs was higher (compared to men).
Published by herCAREER,
Posted on LinkedIn on 16.01.2024
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