Women’s wages lag behind – Helsingborgs Dagblad

The average had a woman in a working professional only 17,860 per month before tax in 2014 – compared to 24,460 crowns for a man.

The barometer ports retail at the absolute last place. A woman in retail trade earned a minimum of more than 13 000 before tax in 2014. The municipal sector ports Not long after the fall – which was the lowest wage rates for women stood at 13 552 kronor before tax in the same year.

– We have so much split times, that’s the main reason, says Karl Petter Thorwaldsson.

– Among LO’s female members, only half working full time. Those who work part-time would often like to work full time.

Salary differences remain, and that has not happened much in recent years.

– this is nothing new, says Karin Halldén, PhD in sociology at Stockholm University who researches gender differences in the labor market. She notes, as well as LO report, that part-time work is one of the reasons that women earn less than men.

The women take greater responsibility for the home and family and parental leave to a greater extent also play.

– Lönegapets reduction has stagnated. It fell very rapidly until 1980, but since then it has leveled off.