EMPLOYMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN IN SPAIN: EVOLUTION 1970-2020 AND INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS

Maria-Carmen Guisan and Eva Aguayo

Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2020, vol. 20, issue 2, 57-74

Abstract: We analyze the evolution of Female Employment by sector in Spain for the period 1970-2020, with particular focus on the effects of the financial crisis, since year 2007, on labor opportunities, real wages and female quality of life. We analyze the evolution in Spain compared to Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States for the period 1965-2018. We find that the crisis of 2007, together with the lack of enough economic policies of support to Spanish Industry, both from the European Union and from the Spanish Governments, has caused a diminution of real value-added of Industry per capita, and stagnation or deterioritation of real wages, rates of employment and other indicators of quality of life. In year 2020, with the negative impact of the pandemia of Coronavirus on Tourism, the need to foster industrial development of Spain is of uppermost importance to increase Employment in Services, which are very important both for women, and men, and to favour better working conditions and quality of life. We analyse social visibility of relevant women who are outstanding in many fields of activity. We find gender gap in social visibility. Although there are yet many unfair situations, we may highlight several positive contributions that are helping to increase equality of opportunities for women.

Keywords: Employment; Quality of Life; Women; Spain; Gender gap; Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 D6 E24 J21 N3 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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