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  • 标题:Fighting gender inequality in Sweden
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  • 作者:Christophe André ; Hugo Bourrousse
  • 期刊名称:Economics Department Working Papers / OECD
  • 印刷版ISSN:0259-4633
  • 出版年度:2017
  • 卷号:2017
  • 出版社:Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • 摘要:

    Sweden ranks among the best OECD countries in terms of gender equality. Women have a high employment rate, outperform men in education and are well represented in government and parliament. Nevertheless, without further policy measures, achieving parity is still a distant prospect in several areas. Wage differences between genders persist; women are under-represented on private company boards, in senior management positions, in many well-paid and influential professions and among entrepreneurs. Hence, there is scope to make further progress on gender equality. The share of the parental leave reserved for each parent should be increased further, as inequality in leave-taking and long parental leaves harm women’s career prospects. Fighting stereotypes in education is necessary to improve women’s access to professions where they are under-represented. Government programmes need to promote women’s entrepreneurship further. Special attention should also be paid to the integration of foreign-born women, whose employment rate is much lower than for their male counterparts.

  • 关键词:Corporate governance; Education; Immigration; Gender equality; Discrimination; Sociology of Economics; Public policy; Parental leave; Welfare Economics; Economics of Gender
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