This article discusses gender and employment in 10 central eastern European
countries: eight new EU member states and two candidate countries. The context
is set with demographic, economic, and labour-market trends, including
population, GDP, and gender disaggregated employment, activity, and unemployment
rates. Changes in horizontal and vertical gender segregation are then addressed,
especially the uneven gender effect on employment patterns of sectoral
restructuring during capitalist transformation. Lastly, the gender pay gap is
examined, and compared to patterns in western Europe. The article concludes with
a discussion of the advances, but also the limits of harmonization through EU
gender-equality legislation.
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