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Gender Wage Gap

Ermira Danaj

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Abstract Women are paid less than men. Despite stipulations regarding equal pay being included in the legislation of many countries, and despite the fact that equal pay for equal work is a right included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, women are still paid less than men in almost all countries. The unequal divisions of productive and reproductive labor, as well as horizontal and vertical sex segregation in labor markets, are the main factors accounting for the gender wage gap.

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Abstract Women are paid less than men. Despite stipulations regarding equal pay being included in the legislation of many countries, and despite the fact that equal pay for equal work is a right included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, women are still paid less than men in almost all countries. The unequal divisions of productive and reproductive labor, as well as horizontal and vertical sex segregation in labor markets, are the main factors accounting for the gender wage gap.

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Abstract Women are paid less than men. Despite stipulations regarding equal pay being included in the legislation of many countries, and despite the fact that equal pay for equal work is a right included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, women are still paid less than men in almost all countries. The unequal divisions of productive and reproductive labor, as well as horizontal and vertical sex segregation in labor markets, are the main factors accounting for the gender wage gap.

Key concepts: Declaration, Wage, Legislation, Labour economics, Economics, Gender pay gap, Work (physics), Political science

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