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A new report from STATEC indicates that despite inroads being made in employment figures, women are still earning some way under their male counterparts.
Only 38% of employees are women and they are still concentrated in specific sectors and almost absent in others.
While the report suggests that women have made significant progress in management positions, higher salaries have not continued in the same vein.
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As a whole, women have more degrees than men, and four out of five are in white-collar positions. Furthermore, there is a strong presence in elementary occupations, but on comparatively low wages.
Below the age of 40, a woman's average salary is, according to the report, higher than that of men but this is based on the number of women in the bracketed roles versus the fewer yet higher paid male employees.
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The study found that more women are on part-time contracts and are half as likely to be coming from across the border to work in Luxembourg.
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Along with Romania, Luxembourg has the lowest gender pay gap (GPG) in the European Union.
