Selected Issues Papers

Assessing Gender Gaps in Malta

By Thomas P Gade, Agnese Carella, Diego B. P. Gomes, Jiajia Gu

February 14, 2025

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Thomas P Gade, Agnese Carella, Diego B. P. Gomes, and Jiajia Gu. "Assessing Gender Gaps in Malta", Selected Issues Papers 2025, 009 (2025), accessed February 23, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229001168.018

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Summary

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.

Subject: Education, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender inequality, Income, Income distribution, Income inequality, Labor, Labor force, Labor force participation, Labor markets, National accounts, Women

Keywords: Agroindustries, Foreign labor, Gender diversity, Gender inequality, Income, Income distribution, Income inequality, Labor force, Labor force participation, Labor markets, Women

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