Women Unemployment - Albanian Case (original) (raw)

2015

Abstract

The unequal treatment of women has been and it is still a characteristic of the labor market. Except historically lower payment of women compare to men, this inequality appears also by the high level of women’s unemployment rate. The unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force, but it is difficult to infer correctly regarding the comparison between countries, because of many different factors that can affect those variables in different countries, such are “informal economy” etc. Gender equality on the labor market is quite important because it is closely linked to women's fundamental rights such as the right to work, career, income, etc. This equality first of all means equal participation by women and men. Historically, women have been more affected by unemployment than men. The reasons for unequal participation are therefore multiple, complex and inter-twined. Family composition and marital status generally it...

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