Equal opportunities in the labor market

Openresearch editorial board

The labor market has always been characterized by inequalities, but in recent decades many types of inequality between workers have increased. As a result, the labor market is increasingly characterized by large differences – gaps – between different groups. One of the most pronounced gaps is the gap between well-protected workers with permanent salaried contracts and a wide range of workers with 'atypical' or 'non-standard' contracts – such as temporary contracts, and temporary and on-call workers – who are much less know protection with regard to work and income. Other gaps concern those between highly educated and low-skilled workers, between high-paid and low-paid workers, and between immigrants and natives in the labor market. The 'old' gap between male and female workers is also remarkably persistent, although it seems to be slowly narrowing.

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