ELIMINATION OF GENDER WAGE GAP IN STEM AS A KEY TASK OF ERADICATION OF GENDER INEQUALITY IN COUNTRIES WITH DIGITAL ECONOMY Cover Image

ЛИКВИДАЦИЯ ГЕНДЕРНОГО РАЗРЫВА В ОПЛАТЕ ТРУДА В STEM-ОТРАСЛЯХ КАК КЛЮЧЕВАЯ ЗАДАЧА ПРЕОДОЛЕНИЯ ГЕНДЕРНОГО НЕРАВЕНСТВА В СТРАНАХ С ЦИФРОВОЙ ЭКОНОМИКОЙ
ELIMINATION OF GENDER WAGE GAP IN STEM AS A KEY TASK OF ERADICATION OF GENDER INEQUALITY IN COUNTRIES WITH DIGITAL ECONOMY

Author(s): Yulia S. Zadvornova
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Labor relations, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Ивановский государственный университет
Keywords: digital economy; women in STEM; gender wage gap; gender discrimination;

Summary/Abstract: Development of digital economy leads to changes in employment structure and labor market. Gender wage gap in high-tech professions, exclusion of women from high-paying STEM jobs will cause their loss in competition for social and material benefits and increase gender discrimination in society. The issue of gender wage gap in STEM has been in the spotlight of government and scientists in the countries with developed digital economy. This article reviews the foreign experience in dealing with the problem of gender discrimination in STEM and retention of women in STEM professions.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 114-120
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian