Women in the Hungarian Labor Market Compared with the European Union

Since the regime change women's employment conditions have become unfavorable and their social position has worsened in Hungary. Employment levels have fallen and unemployment has risen during the transition. As a consequence of transformation, women's employment has become lower in Hungary than in the highly industrialized countries, and it is the lowest among the former socialist countries. Women's unemployment ratio is lower in Hungary than the average for the European Union. Unemployment is higher for women than for men. The labor market is inflexible and insecure; the share of part-timers is low. The disadvantages of women are manifest in various phenomena. Female labor plays a secondary role in the labor market. Women often interrupt their careers for childbirth or childrearing. The glass-ceiling effect works—women's promotions are limited. The female segments of the labor market offer unfavorable conditions. Women are employed at the lower levels of the income hierarchy and incomes for the same position are generally less well paid for women than for men. Opportunities for women to defend their interests are weak and have worsened in the transitional period

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Hierarchy · Labour economics · Market economy · Position (finance · Unemployment · Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies

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