Lan merkatuko genero desberdintasunaren bilakaera Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoan (EAE) (2002-2020)

Abstract

The aim of the Sustainable Development Goal number five is to achieve Gender Equality. In this article the evolution of gender differences in the  labour market in the Basque Country is described for the period 2002-2020 by assessing the Gender Unemployment Gap (GUG), the Gender Employment Gap (GEG), the Gender Activity Gap (GAG) and the Gender Wage Gap (GWG). The analysis is performed for different subperiods of time: the period Prior to the Great Recession, the period of the Great Recession, the period of economic recovery and the beginning of COVID-19 period.  Although gender gaps have diminished there is still a long path for the gender equality to be achieved. Policies aimed to close  gender differences in wages are recommended for the Basque Country.