Looking at trends in data between 2007 – 2014, Romania tops the EU countries list that is going to close fastest the gender pay gap, a recent research conducted by London-based Expert Market reveals. The potential pay gap closure for Romania is 2018 and is available for women aged between 25-34, employed in private sector and working a skilled manual role in the hospitality industry.
“Taking into account data from five key economic areas (hours worked, sector, age, industry and job type), women matching these employment criteria will see the pay gap close quickest,” the report reads, noting that looking at the gender pay gap by employment type produces a wide spread of results across the continent, with women working part-time roles more likely to see the gender pay gap close sooner than those working in full-time employment.
Romania is followed by Poland (potential pay gap closure: 2018) and Belgium (potential pay gap closure: 2020), while Hungarian gender pay gap is closing slowest in the EU, with women not set to reach pay parity until the year 2268.
The same Expert Market report shows that UK, Germany and France are among the slowest nations to close the gender pay gap
The study has identified that the Gender Pay Gap between men and women across the EU currently stands at around 17 percent. Women working for the government or in the energy sector will see pay gap close first on average.