How Equal Are Women And Men In The Romanian Labour Market?

Gender equality is currently one of the EU's current themes in the social field. Gender gaps continue to exist. In Romania, the same pattern of employment by gender (predominance of men in the labour market, especially in economic sectors targeted at men) is maintained. By category of worker, most unpaid family workers are female. Although both men and women work more in the services sector, the share of women in total female employment in services is higher than that of men. Also, in terms of sectors of activity, the male employed population has high shares in services and industry, while the female employed population has high shares in services and agriculture. According to the level of education, the female employed population with higher education outnumbers the male. In terms of pay, men are generally better rewarded. Surprisingly, there are also areas where women are better paid: construction; administrative and support services; public administration, defence, social security. By age, the pay gap was in favour of women only for the population aged 65 and over.