Analysis of Gender Inequality in the Labor Market and Its Adaptation to the Conditions of Kazakhstan
https://doi.org/10.47703/ejebs.v1i67.267
Abstract
This paper examines to analyze the best world experiences for ensuring gender equality in remuneration and adaptation to the conditions of Kazakhstan. A literature review has shown that types of discrimination directly affect how women are represented in the labor market and explain why their career growth is slower than that of men. In the paper, it was decided to use a quantitative method by a detailed analysis of labor force surveys in countries such as Iceland, Finland, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Rwanda and Nicaragua for the period from 2010 to 2021. It draws upon the nation’s experience in its transition to a market-based economy and its impact on gender equality in the labor market. It further examines the challenges and opportunities that Kazakhstan has faced in its efforts to reduce gender inequality in the labor market, particularly with respect to wages, access to employment and labor regulations. The paper concludes by suggesting a set of interventions that Kazakhstan can pursue to reduce gender inequality in the labor market further and promote economic growth.
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Supporting agencies: This research was funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant “Priorities and mechanisms against rural women of Kazakhstan unequal access to the resources” No. AP14869297)
About the Authors
Anel Kireyeva
Institute of Economics Science Committee MSHE RK, Almaty
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
PhD, E-mail: kazsocium01@gmail.com
Yerkezhan Kenzheali
University of International Business named after K.Sagadiyev, Almaty
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
PhD candidate, Email: y.kenzheali@gmail.com
László Vasa
Asset Nurmangaliyev
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Kireyeva A., Kenzheali Ye., Vasa L., Nurmangaliyev A. Analysis of Gender Inequality in the Labor Market and Its Adaptation to the Conditions of Kazakhstan. Eurasian Journal of Economic and Business Studies. 2023;67(1):156-172. https://doi.org/10.47703/ejebs.v1i67.267
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