Gender equality on labour market in the European Union

Abstract

As far as the issue of gender equality is one of the cornerstones of European socio-economic policy, we focus the attention on the European labour market. The objective of the paper is to provide evidence about gender inequalities on the labour market of the European Union. Based on the findings of current literature, the paper evaluates indicators related to rates of male and female employment and unemployment in years 2006 and 2016. The analysis uses aggregate data about particular indicators for the European Union provided by Eurostat database. According to evaluation results, we formulated some conclusive remarks and policy recommendations on this topic.