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More Women in the Workforce – Making sense for business and the Economy Irish Presidency 2013 - Gender Equality Confere

More Women in the Workforce – Making sense for business and the Economy Irish Presidency 2013 - Gender Equality Conference Dublin Castle 29-30 April . Willem ADEMA Senior Economist, Social Policy Division, OECD.

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More Women in the Workforce – Making sense for business and the Economy Irish Presidency 2013 - Gender Equality Confere

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  1. More Women in the Workforce – Making sense for business and the EconomyIrish Presidency 2013 - Gender Equality Conference Dublin Castle 29-30 April Willem ADEMASenior Economist, Social Policy Division, OECD

  2. Gender gaps in educational attainment have closed and/or reversed)in OECD countries but… Proportion of men and women who have a tertiary degree 2010, by age group Source: OECD (2012), Education at a Glance

  3. ... despite gains in education, gender employment gaps continue to persist, also through the crisis. Employment rates by age group and gender, quarterly from 1st quarter 2007 to last quarter 2012 Source: OECD Gender Data Portal, www.oecd.org/gender/data

  4. Women continue to have slower career progression … Women’s shares in the labour force and senior management in the private sector, 2010 Source: OECD (2012), Closing the Gender Gap, Act Now

  5. … be predominantly employed in certain economic service sectors… Feminisation rates of service activities Source: OECD (2012), Closing the Gender Gap, Act Now

  6. … are less likely to be entrepreneurs... Employers as a proportion of the employed, by gender, 2010 Source: OECD (2012), Closing the Gender Gap, Act Now

  7. … and have lower earnings. Gender pay gap in earnings for full-time employees, 2000 and 2010 Source: OECD (2012), Closing the Gender Gap, Act Now

  8. Policy levers • Women are better educated and occupy more highly skilled, better paid jobs than before. It would be more efficient if economies and societies made better use of this through by: • Labourmarket institutions that allow swift adjustments of work patterns • Combined with family-friendly policies (e.g. childcare)… • … while encouraging more equal gender sharing of paid and unpaid work (tax/ben policy, family policy) • Assessment and monitoring

  9. Men could do more at home Unpaid work and female employment rates, recent years Source: OECD (2012), Closing the Gender Gap Act Now. (www.oecd.org/gender) Source: OECD (2012), Closing the Gender Gap, Act Now

  10. Provide paid employment-protected parental leave and promote more equal use among parents Paid parental leave (supplementary to paid maternity leave), 2008 • Paid parental leave, Evidence suggests : • extending parental leave entitlements had a small positive effect on the female-to-male employment ratio but only up to two years of leave; • extending paid parental leave is associated with an increase in the gender pay gap among full-time workers; • Encourage fathers to take available parental leave, also by reserving part of the parental leave entitlement for their exclusive and non-transferable use. Source: OECD (2012), Closing the Gender Gap, Act Now

  11. Closing the gaps in participation can help sustain labour force and gdp growth Source: OECD (2012), Closing the Gender Gap, Act Now

  12. THANK YOU and FURTHER READING! www.oecd.org/gender

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