Large difference in employment rates between men and women!
If you compare the employment rates in EU regions, you will notice that the female employment rates still lag behind the male rates in most of the regions.
The EU has set a policy target in this area of halving the gender employment gap from 11.7% in 2019 to 5.8% by 2030.
The green regions shown here are those that have already attained the target.
Source: Eurostat
Interesting that in Germany the East-West divide is very much visible, with the progressive womens role in the former GDR still resulting in good employment rates for women today, whereas countries like Poland with a strong ressurgence of catholicism fare much worse.
all the green areas in Germany have lower GDP than the yellow parts same with the green part in the Rheinland. And Berlin has a much higher GDP than the surrounding areas and is yellow. I donβt think itβs solely an effect of socialism.
Why would a lower GDP be indicative of more people working? wouldnt it be the other way round.
Also the social infrastructure in many areas of western Germany is terrible. Many friends of me said that it was simply impossible to get a daycare for the children, or daycare was only until 1 pm and no lunch so the mother had to be at home cooking and could only work part time.
Maybe lower GDP could also cause that the salaries are lower and thus families canβt afford to live on one salary.
That could be a reason. One the other hand the cost of living is also higher, albeit not as proportionate and the generational wealth is much lower in the east. Usually a high or low GDP are also correlated with unemployment.
For the GDP i'd say it is difficult to gauge, whether it is a positive or negative factor on womens employment. For cultural and social infrastructure these effects are well documented.
This is the difference, not the employment rate. So maybe they're more equally unemployed. Maybe men have a higher unemployment rate generally there, bringing them down to meet the women's rate.
True but what is the connection between higher GDP and women not working? Also what green part in Rheinland? Berlin could be explained by higher ratio of immigrants and their different family structures.
They meant Belgium. Sorry, old German habit.
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Franconia, my favorite 15th district of the GDR /s