<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Various statistical analyses reveal that the position of women in the labour market is worse when compared to men. In the majority, or nearly in all countries of the EU, women obtain lower income than men and are in a greater risk of becoming unemployed. The problem of such differentiation in the labour market is still valid despite the various activities at the EU agenda aimed at reducing these disparities. The aim of this paper was to present the income situation of women who remain in a formal or informal relationship with men and to identify the factors which affect such a situation without making any reference to the problem of discrimination. The author used the data from Polish household budget survey of 2011.</p></abstract>

Various statistical analyses reveal that the position of women in the labour market is worse when compared to men. In the majority, or nearly in all countries of the EU, women obtain lower income than men and are in a greater risk of becoming unemployed. The problem of such differentiation in the labour market is still valid despite the various activities at the EU agenda aimed at reducing these disparities. The aim of this paper was to present the income situation of women who remain in a formal or informal relationship with men and to identify the factors which affect such a situation without making any reference to the problem of discrimination. The author used the data from Polish household budget survey of 2011.

Income from Women’s Gainful Employment Compared to Household Income

Assoc. Prof. Cracow University of Economics Department of Statistics Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Various statistical analyses reveal that the position of women in the labour market is worse when compared to men. In the majority, or nearly in all countries...

Income from Women’s Gainful Employment Compared to Household Income

Published Online: Dec 11, 2014

Page range: 63 - 77

Received: Oct 08, 2013

Accepted: Jul 08, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2014-0105

Keywords
individual income, discrimination

© University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Income from Women’s Gainful Employment Compared to Household Income

Published Online: Dec 11, 2014

Page range: 63 - 77

Received: Oct 08, 2013

Accepted: Jul 08, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2014-0105

Keywordsindividual income, discrimination

© University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
individual income, discrimination