REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF CHANSES OF FINDING A JOB IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND HUNGARY

Women's unemployment ratio is lower in Hungary than the average for the European Union. Unemployment is higher for women than for men. The labor market is inflexible and insecure; the share of part-timers is low. The disadvantages of women are manifest in various phenomena. Female labor plays a secondary role in the labor market. Women often interrupt their careers for childbirth or childrearing. The glass-ceiling effect works—women's promotions are limited. The female segments of the labor market offer unfavorable conditions. Women are employed at the lower levels of the income hierarchy and incomes for the same position are generally less well paid for women than for men. Opportunities for women to defend their interests are weak and have worsened in the transitional period.