… in paid work than men, with 67 % of working age women in employment, compared to 79 % of men. That’s an important … aimed to have 75 % of the working age population in employment by the end of 2020. While men have surpassed this … themselves unable to take up paid work. Currently, this employment loss costs the EU economy some €370 billion each …
… shows, long-standing gender inequalities [such as lower employment rates of women, gender pay gap] in the economy … forms of unpaid work largely contribute to the fact that employment rates of men (78 %) have surpassed the Europe 2020 target of 75 %, but employment rates of women have only reached 66.5 %. This …