Women in the Labour Market: Comparing the Situation in the EU

The aim of the paper is to compare the situation o women at the labour market in different European Union states. The main question arises if the position at the labour market and the future pensions depend on gender or on the other factors. It is important to investigate the situation of pension funds since the insurance systems that exist in Europe seem not to be adequate to the present situation when the societies is getting older and older.
The analysis is provided by age, sectors in economy, and other selected factors. The preliminary investigation covers situation in Poland and Spain in years 1997 – 2008. And then analysis is broadened for other EU countries.

The research is conducted applying in the first stage descriptive statistics and time series analysis. The next steps will be continued by employing spatial and taxonomic analyses. Investigation is provided using observation from Eurostat and EBRD.