Practice question · True or false
Spain’s unadjusted hourly gender pay gap has in recent years been below the European Union average on the Eurostat measure.
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- Compare the Spanish figure given in this lesson with the EU one.
- Around 9 per cent against roughly 12 to 13.
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True
Why
True, and the reason is uncomfortable. Spain’s lower female employment rate means the women who are in paid work are on average more qualified than in countries with higher participation, which raises their average hourly earnings and narrows the measured gap. A favourable statistic here partly reflects an unfavourable one elsewhere.
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