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Gender Wage Gaps World Wide
Countries Links for Individual Countries, Constellations of Countries and Global Sites
United States  Historical Income Tables-Census Bureau  Income Reports - Census  BLS Weekly Earnings Data  Weekly Earnings of Wage & Salary Workers - BLS  The Glass Ceiling - US Women's Caucas   US. Census Documents a Widening Wage Gap in 2003   U.S. Census Documents Occupational Earnings Gaps: 2004 Study   Pay Gap the Same as in 1983
Constellations by Rankings: on Economic Participation - Opportunity & Political Empowerment*
    Political Empowerment & Economic Participation - Opportunity rankings exceed the U.S. ranks*
               The following list includes all countries exceeding the U.S. rankings in all three categories. Note, two
               other categories - Educational attainment & Health and Well Being were not used.
        Click on  Gender Gap Rankings of 58 Countries  to view their relative positions on each of the three categories
Canada  Canadian Women's Internt Directory-Work Equity and Eequal Pay   Statistics Canada: Earnings by Sex & Work Pattern   Working Through the Wage Gap - 2002 (pdf file)
Findland   The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Findland
Iceland  Wages, Income & Labor Market
Lativa   
Lithuania   
Norway  Statistics Norway - Gender Equality  Wage Statistics - '03-'04   The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Norway
Sweden  Wage & Salary Structures in the Private Sector  Wages..Gender..Changes in Sweden: '81-'98   Report Examines Gender Pay Gap    The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Sweden
    Political Empowerment with Economic Opportunity rankings exceed those for the U.S.*
               The following listings are non-random selections from a larger collection where each country below
               exceeds the U.S. rankings in both categories. Countries not listed below (or above), but meeting
               this criteria: include: Colombia, Costa Rica, Poland, and Switzerland.
        Click on  Gender Gap Rankings of 58 Countries  to view their relative positions on each of the three categories
United  Kingdom  Pay, Equal Pay & Gender ModelingResearch Findings Summary   E.O.C. Statistics About Women & Men   Facts About Women and Men ..'02-'05   Women's Work & Pay   Men & Women in Great Britian(E.O.C.)    The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... the UK
Germany  Wages & Salaries: Time Series    The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Germany
France  The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... France   The Male Female Wage Gap in France - 2004 (pdf file): Source - Adelaide-Economics   
Netherlands   The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Netherlands   Factors Affecting Hourly Wages - 2004
    Political Empowerment with Economic Participation rankings exceed those for the U.S.*
               The following listing is the highest ranking country with regard to Political Empowerment, above
                the U.S. on Economic Participation, and just below the U.S. on Economic Opportunity.
New  Zealand  New Zealand Income Surveys  Incomes 2005  Women's incomes lower than men's  Pay Inequality Between Men and Women ..(pdf file)  Coalition for Equal Value-Equal Pay: New Zealand   
    Economic Participation and Opportunity rankings exceed those for the U.S.*
               The following two listings are non-random selections from a larger collection where each exceeded
                the U.S. rankings in both categories. Countries not listed below (or above), but meeting
               this criteria: include:
Bulgaria , China, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Thailand
        Click on  Gender Gap Rankings of 58 Countries  to view their relative positions on each of the three categories
   Australia  Employee Earnings & Hour-2002  Average Weekly Earnings Trends:-'04-'05  Female/Male Hourly vs. Weekly  Employee Ave. Weekly Earnings & Hours   Social Trends - 2005   Gender Wage Gap Grows   Female/Male Earnings Ratios: 1988-'98  
Denmark  StatBank: Earnings  Statistical Yearbooks: 200520042003; 2002; 2001; 2000  Statistics Denmark  
The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Denmark
Estonia Statistical Office - Wages & Salaries Tables
    Rankings exceed those for the U.S. on only one of the three indicated categories
               The following lists includes countries exceeding the U.S. rankings in
  Political Empowerment:
Ireland   The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Ireland
  Economic Opportunity:
Austria  The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Austria
Belgium  The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Belgium
Spain The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Spain   Gender Segregation .. Male Female Wage Differentials 2005 (pdf file)
Portugal  The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Portugal
    Rankings do not exceed those for the U.S. on any categories for the following countries
        Click on  Gender Gap Rankings of 58 Countries  to view their relative positions on each of the three categories
Greece   The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Greece
Italy   The Gender Pay Gap '90-'00 in ... Italy
Japan   
       *Source for rankings:  Women's Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap - 2005 (Pdf file) 
                           (Location: Home: World Economic Forum > Initiatives > Global Competitiveness Reports > Gender Gap) 

                           For political empowement world-wide, see also UN Statistics Division: Women in Parliament
Constellations of Countries by Global Regions
Europe  Towards Closing the Gender Wage Gap in Europe   Gender Pay Equity in Europe (EIRO 2002)   Gendered Pay & Collective Bargining in Europe    The Gender Pay Gap: A Research Review (UK vs. Europe)  ...Corrected Gendered Wage Gaps in the EU - 2003 (pdf file)
Global  UNECE Gender Statistics Database   Gender Statistics Direct Access  World's Women @ WomenWatch (UN)  The World's Women 2000: Trends & Statistics  List of Tables: Statistics Indicators on Women & Men   Women's Wages (Manufacturing) Relative to Men's    Equality Through Pay Equity(Pdf file)   GenderStats - World Bank Group
Center for Gender Studies Related Links
  Young Women's Knowledge & Beliefs About Gender Pay Gaps    Wage Inequities Confronting, Undervaluing Women
Gender Wage Gaps- World Wide   Gender Gap Rankings of 58 Countries   Pay Equity & Women's Wage Gaps    Women, Education & Economic Participation
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