Why the pay gap in Germany is so large
Women are more likely to work part-time—except in the east
“REVOLUTIONARY” IS not a word that often escapes Angela Merkel’s lips. Yet on March 8th, international women’s day, that was how Germany’s chancellor described the change she had observed in men’s attitudes to balancing work and family. This matters in a country that can still deride Rabenmütter (“Raven mothers”), women who supposedly neglect children for career. But on another measure of equality—pay—Germany is lagging.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Why Germany’s pay gap is so large”
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