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Grupowanie krajów Unii Europejskiej ze względu na poziom feminizacji sektorów gospodarczych
Clustering of European Union states taking into consideration the levels of feminization of economic sectors

Author(s): Aleksandra Matuszewska-Janica
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: labor market; feminization of branches; cluster analysis

Summary/Abstract: The phenomenon of feminization of economic sectors is observed on the labor market. Women are more likely to work in education and health and social care and less of-ten in such industries as construction and mining. The aim of this study is to cluster the EU states taking into account similarity in the feminization levels of economic sectors. The analysis is based on data from the Structure of Earning Survey (SES) conducted by Eurostat in 2006. There were applied two methods k–means and Ward for states clustering.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 328
  • Page Range: 362-368
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish