Apr 6, 2015
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The increase in female employment is mostly due to a rise in part-time work.
Data from the statistical office reveal that women have successfully caught up in education and employment in the past decades. In 2012/13, 58.7% of all high school graduates were female. The employment rate of women aged 15 to 64 years rose from 61.6% (2003) to 67.6% (2013). Yet, the increase in female employment is mostly due to a rise in part-time work. There has been a slight decrease in the gender pay gap. In 2013, the average gross hourly earnings of women were by 23.0% lower than those of men, while in 2006 this difference had been 25.5%.
English: http://www.statistik.at/web_en/dynamic/press/081122
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