Substantial Gender Difference in Full-Time Employment

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: December 20, 2011; 10:17 ♦ (Vindobona)

In Austria, 4.03 million employees counted for 3.54 million full-time equivalents in 2010. The gender gap is significant.

Substantial Gender Difference in Full-Time Employment / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Full-time equivalent employment refers to total hours worked (main and second job) divided by the average of hours worked in full time jobs. In 2010, 4.03 million persons were employed; measured in full-time equivalents they count for 3.54 million. Thus, the number of full-time equivalents was by 12% lower than the total number of employees. As a result, 100 employees correspond to 88…