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Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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almost <strong>the</strong> same as before, on average. The changes have been very evenly<br />

distributed between all <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>come groups - with <strong>the</strong> exception of <strong>the</strong> top decile,<br />

which, <strong>in</strong> percentage terms, has had a rise many times as great as <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs.<br />

Expressed <strong>in</strong> litas, <strong>the</strong> gap <strong>in</strong> relation to <strong>the</strong> rest is still greater. It can <strong>in</strong>deed<br />

be estimated that <strong>in</strong>come differences <strong>in</strong> Lithuania have grown, but only<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> case of those receiv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> highest <strong>in</strong>come of all.<br />

MEN AND WOMEN<br />

On <strong>the</strong> whole, <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>come gaps between women and men have narrowed <strong>in</strong><br />

Lithuania, because <strong>the</strong> women's average salaries have grown markedly and <strong>the</strong><br />

men's, on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand, have stayed <strong>the</strong> same or even fallen slightly. The<br />

salary differences between <strong>the</strong> genders have been, and still are, def<strong>in</strong>itely<br />

smaller <strong>in</strong> Lithuania than <strong>in</strong> Latvia and Estonia.<br />

WOMEN'S NET SALARIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF MEN'S IN 1998<br />

AND <strong>2002</strong>, CALCULATED FROM THE MEDIAN AND MEAN SALA-<br />

RIES 3<br />

Ratio of women's salaries to men's (%) 1998 <strong>2002</strong> Change<br />

(%)<br />

All wage earners<br />

Median<br />

wages/salaries<br />

77 % 91 % +14<br />

Private sector<br />

Public sector<br />

Mean wages/salaries 76 % 83 % +7<br />

Median<br />

wages/salaries<br />

79 % 83 % +4<br />

Mean wages/salaries 69 % 81 % +12<br />

Median<br />

wages/salaries<br />

79 % 93 % +14<br />

Mean wages/salaries 84 % 84 % 0<br />

3 The percentages have been calculated from <strong>the</strong> net salaries, which have not been<br />

adjusted to account for <strong>the</strong> change <strong>in</strong> consumer prices.

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