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Women’s employment in Lithuania: EU context

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Title Women’s employment in Lithuania: EU context
Moterų užimtumas Lietuvoje: ES kontekstas
 
Creator Kanopienė, Vida
 
Subject equal gender opportunities; women’s employment; segregation of the labour market; employment rate; unemployment rate
lyčių lygios galimybės; moterų užimtumas; darbo rinkos segregacija; užimtumo lygis; nedarbo lygis
 
Description With the restitution of independence, the role of female labour in on the economy of the country has started to diminish. During the period of 1991-2001 the total number of employed decreased by 375.8 thousand, women comprised even 68 percent in a decrease of the total number of employed persons. According to the 2001 Population Census data, the employment rate of working age females has decreased by 20 percentage points, if compared with 1989. However, the Labour Exchange information and the findings of Labour force surveys do not reveal such a big scope of women’s“withdrawal” from the labour market - in the 10th decade they made about a half of registered unemployed persons and even less than a half – among the unemployed recorded by Labour Force surveys. Thus, a big number of females have become housewives (economically inactive) or were involved into activities of informal sector.A comparison of tendencies of women’s employment in Lithuania and the other post communist countries during transitional period enables to conclude that rapid decrease of their economic activity was almost universally predominant. The other characteristic feature of women’s participation in the labour market was concentration of their labour force in certain domains of professional activities, e.g. light industry, trade and social services. Analysis of statistical data shows that segregation of the labour market is observed both in EU-15 and new member states, however, the ES-10 are distinguished by the bigger“feminisation” of social services and lower“masculinisation” of industrial sector.Alongside the recovery of economy, the growth of employment and rapid decrease of the number of unemployed is observed in Lithuania since 2002. However, these positive changes in the labour market are related to much greater extent with men’s participation: during 2002-2004 they made even 85.5 percent of the increase of the total number of employed, respectively their employment rate has increased by 2.3 percentage points and reached 64.6 percent (the employment rate of females has changed only by 0.7 percentage points, reaching the level of 57.8 percent).Still, women’s employment rate in Lithuania is higher, if compared with many EU member states: in 2003 the average EU-25 rate was 55.1 percent, EU-15 – 56 percent, EU-10 – 50.2 percent. Employment gender gap is by 10.1 percentage points lower than the EU-25 average indicator. But, contrary to the overall EU trends, the gender employment gap is increasing in Lithuania: in 2001-2003 it has changed from 2.7 to 5.6 percentage points. Respectively the unemployment gender gap has reversed during this period from (-4.6) to 1.2. The latest statistical data demonstrate the continuation of these trends: according to the Labour Force survey data for 2004, the unemployment rate for women is 11.8%, for men – 11.0%.
Kaip pažymėta Europos Bendrijų Komisijos ataskaitoje dėl moterų ir vyrų lygybės, siekiant Barselonoje nustatytų strateginių tikslų, Europos Sąjungos valstybėms narėms iškelti dideli uždaviniai: užtikrinti vienodas moterų ir vyrų užimtumo galimybes ir siekti kuo didesnės moterų integracijos į darbo rinką. Šių problemų sprendimas numatytas valstybių narių nacionaliniuose Užimtumo ir kovos su skurdu ir socialine atskirtimi 2004–2006 m. veiksmų planuose, joms teikiama pirmenybė formuojant ir įgyvendinant įvairias socialinės politikos priemones. Straipsnio tikslas – įvertinti moterų padėtį Lietuvos darbo rinkoje ir naujausias jų užimtumo tendencijas bendrajame ES kontekste. Tuo tikslu aptariama moterų užimtumo raida mūsų šalyje ir kitose pokomunistinėse valstybėse pereinamuoju į rinkos ekonomiką laikotarpiu, lyginama susiklosčiusi užimtumo struktūra remiantis palyginamaisiais EUROSTAT’o duomenimis, vertinami darbo rinkos segregacijos veiksniai, taip pat analizuojami pastarųjų metų pokyčiai ir išryškinama padėties Lietuvoje specifika.
 
Publisher Mykolo Romerio Universitetas
 
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Date 2014-05-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/social-work/article/view/2114
 
Source Social Work; Vol 4, No 2 (2005): Social Work; 5-12
Socialinis darbas; Vol 4, No 2 (2005): Social Work; 5-12
2029-2775
1648-4789
 
Language ltu
 
Relation https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/social-work/article/view/2114/1921
 
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