Transcript Ms. Wallis Goelen S1

"More women in the workforce –
making sense for business and
the economy"
Wallis Goelen, DG Employment, Social Affairs
and Inclusion
Dublin
29th & 30th April 2013
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Women are still under-represented in the European
workforce
Over-represention
in part-time jobs
• 32% for women vs 9% for
men in 2011
More transitions
towards inactivity
• Women have a higher
transition rate to inactivity
than men both for short
and long-term
unemployment.
• 21 % of short-term
unemployed women are
inactive one year later
compared to only 12 %
of men
• 29 % of long-term
unemployed women are
inactive one year later,
compared to 18 % of
men.
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Horizontal and vertical
segregation despite
their skills
•Long-term unemployed women
are more often high skilled than
men : 19.1 % vs. 9.5 % in
2011).
•Women concentrate across
relatively limited number of
occupation and despite increasing
education level they are still
underrepresented in decision
making decisions.
•However The differences in
employment rates reduce as the
education level rises: from 20.3
p.p. with low level to 7 p.p. with
high level of education
A lower labour participation due to financial
disincentives
• The combination of these parameters might hamper
the expected income gain due to job take up.
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Women are a huge untapped workforce potential
to boost european economy
Ageing population
and decreasing
fertility
 60% of
university
graduates are
female
Work force and
skills shortage
Women are a
skilled workforce
potential
 OECD has shown that a  Paying women and men
50% decrease in the
for their actual skills
gender gap in labour
and valuing their
force participation rates
contribution on an equal
will lead to an increase
basis lead to the
in the GDP per capita
recruitment and
annual growth rate of
retention of the best
0.3 p.p.
and most talented
staff.
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The European Commission addresses these
challenges in its political agenda
 2020 strategy
Although there is no definit target, it is explicitly stated that…
…The employment rate of the population aged 20-64 should
increase (…) to at least 75%, including through the
greater involvement of women
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The European Commission addresses these
challenges in its political agenda
EPSCO Conclusions (feb. 2013)
Joint employment report (2012)
Country specific recommendations (2012)
To provide quality,
available and
affordable childcare
supports for women
To reduce fiscal
disincentives for
second earners
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The European Commission addresses these
challenges in its political agenda
Annual Growth Survey 2013
Increasing
employabiliy by
investing in skills
Promoting voluntary
flexible working
arrangements
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The European Commission addresses these
challenges in its political agenda
Annual Growth Survey 2013
Joint employment report (2012)
Reducing long-term
unemployment by investing in
active policies
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