Gender Pay Gap in the Western Balkan Countries: Evidence from Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia

Arandarenko, Mihail and Vujić, Sunčica and Avlijaš, Sonja and Vladisavljević, Marko and Ivanović, Nevena (2012) Gender Pay Gap in the Western Balkan Countries: Evidence from Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. [Study]

Study description

This research examined the incidence and determinants of the gender earnings gap in a sample of Western Balkan Countries (Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia). The gender pay gap refers to a difference between the wages earned by women and by men. The gender pay gap is examined taking into account: (1) level of education; (2) occupation status; (3) part and full time work; (4) industry of work with special focus on agriculture and contributing family members (mostly women and children); (5) comparing employees, managers and self-employed (entrepreneurs); (6) private and public sector; (7) formal and informal work; (8) comparing periods of pre/after process of privatisation and restructuring (pre vs. post year 2001); (9) interaction of the afore mentioned transition process and period of financial crisis which started in 2008; and (10) zooming into marginalized social groups (Roma, refugees, people with disabilities, ex-offenders, etc.). The motivation for this study comes from an inadequate labour market position of women in countries in the Western Balkans and the necessity to voice the importance of gender equality in the economic arena. “Women and men are legally equal, but they are not economically equal,” (Apostolova, 2010). According to the UNDP Human Development Report (2009), the ratio of estimated female to male earned income is 0.49% in FYR Macedonia, 0.59% in Serbia, and 0.58% in Montenegro. In comparison, the average of female to male earned income in 27 EU Member States is 0.82%. Further, women have lost out more than men in comparison to the situation before the transition and financial crisis periods, and their position is improving more slowly. Except for a few recent papers (Blunch, 2010, etc), the current evidence in this area is largely descriptive and does not make a systematic comparison between the Western Balkan countries. Proposed research aims to fill this gap.

Keywords:	Serbia, Macedonia, gender pay gap, Montenegro, inequality
Depositing User:	Jelena Banovic
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2019 12:39
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2019 12:39
URI:	http://dcs.ien.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/40
Additional details Additional details Alternative title: Rodni jaz u platama u zemljama Zapadnog Balkana: nalazi iz Srbije, Crne Gore i Makedonije Creators: Creators Email Arandarenko, Mihail UNSPECIFIED Vujić, Sunčica UNSPECIFIED Avlijaš, Sonja UNSPECIFIED Vladisavljević, Marko UNSPECIFIED Ivanović, Nevena UNSPECIFIED Type of data: no data Research funder: RRPP Study period: From To 1 January 2012 31 December 2012 Temporal coverage: From To 1 October 2008 1 October 2011 Date: 13 August 2012 Geographic coverage: Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia. Data are nationally and regionally representative for each country Study method: The sampling was performed by the National statistical offices of Serbia, Macedonia, and Montenegro, and therefore it differs from these three countries. During the project the Labour Force Survey data was used. The data was collected by the national statistical offices: Serbia - Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, Montenegro - MONSTAT, Macedonia - State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia. For Serbia and Montenegro, the data were provided only with the obligation not to use the data for other purposes. For Macedonia, the analysis was conducted in the premises of the State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia in Skopje and the data was never in our physical position Resource language: English Metadata language: English Publisher: UK Data Archive Copyright holders: RRPP Contact email address: marko.vladisavljevic@ien.bg.ac.rs Last Modified: 22 Oct 2019 12:39