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Assessing Gender Gaps in Malta
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Thomas P Gade
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Agnese Carella
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Diego B. P. Gomes
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Jiajia Gu
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Series:
Selected Issues Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2025: Issue 009
Language:
English
Publication Date:
14 Feb 2025
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229001168.018
ISBN:
9798229001168
ISSN:
2958-7875
Pages:
17
Keywords:
government policy; assessing gender gaps in Malta; gender income gap; income gap; targeted government policy; Gender inequality; Women; Income inequality; Gender diversity
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The Maltese authorities have made significant progress towards gender equality over the last two decades. Supportive government policies and a steady inflow of foreign labor have played a key role in increasing women’s participation in the labor market. In addition, the attainment of higher education levels and skills have significantly improved. Meanwhile, women’s representation in senior public and private sector positions still lags behind that of men. An empirical study using microdata from the labor force surveys indicates that while the overall gender income gap has decreased over the last decade, gender income gaps remain pervasive in Malta.
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