| Women have increased their foothold in the employment market, but | | |
| Women tend to climb the career ladder more slowly, | | |
| Although collective agreements and minimum wage laws are in principle gender neutral, | | |
| Part of the reason for the pay gap is that | | |
| Women take up lower paid part-time jobs, resulting in | | |
| "Unadjusted gender pay gap" is | | |
| The figures show that the move towards narrowing wage disparities | | |
| The pay gap decreased by 2.3% from 20.4% in 2001 to 18.1% in 2005, but | | |
| Slovenia (6.9%), Denmark (10.1%) and Ireland (13.3%) are | | |
| Germany (26%), Greece (25.2%), Cyprus (25%), Czech Republic (25.1%) and Slovakia (23.7%) are | | |
| Hourly wage differentials are accentuated by the unequal distribution of income - | | |