Table 1.
Descriptives: Context and change indicators, real GDP growth rate and unemployment rate, of women and men per country
| Real GDP growth rate | Unemployment rate of women | Unemployment rate of men | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Context Change variable | Context Change variable | Context Change variable | ||||||||||
| Country | Mean ( ) | 2001- | 2004- | 2009- | Mean ( ) | 200 1- | 2004- | 2009- | Mean ( ) | 2001- | 2004- | 2009- |
| Belgium | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.8 | −3.2 | 8.4 | −0.9 | 1.1 | −0.3 | 7.1 | −1.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Denmark | −0.6 | 1.4 | 3.2 | −4.5 | 5.6 | −0.1 | 0.4 | −0.3 | 5.3 | −1.2 | −0.2 | 1.3 |
| Germany | −0.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 | −4.7 | 8.4 | −0.5 | 1.7 | −1.2 | 8.8 | −1.1 | 1.8 | −0.8 |
| Greece | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.6 | −5.8 | 15.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | −1.9 | 7.0 | 0.2 | −0.3 | 0.0 |
| Spain | 1.2 | 2.8 | 2.0 | −4.8 | 16.0 | −0.8 | −1.2 | 2.1 | 11.2 | −3.7 | −2.9 | 6.5 |
| France | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 | −3.5 | 8.9 | −1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 8.4 | −0.5 | −0.2 | 0.6 |
| Ireland | 1.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | −7.6 | 5.3 | −1.5 | −1.3 | 2.9 | 8.0 | −3.9 | −3.2 | 7.0 |
| Italy | −0.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | −4.8 | 10.6 | 1.5 | −0.1 | −1.3 | 6.7 | 0.2 | −0.3 | 0.1 |
| Luxembourg | 0.5 | 1.5 | 4.4 | −5.8 | 5.0 | −2.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 3.2 | −1.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| Netherlands | 0.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | −3.4 | 4.1 | −0.9 | 1.2 | −0.3 | 3.6 | −1.5 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| Portugal | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | −3.2 | 7.7 | −2.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 8.0 | −2.8 | −0.1 | 3.0 |
| United Kingdom | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | −4.6 | 5.0 | −0.6 | −0.7 | 1.4 | 6.4 | −0.9 | −1.3 | 2.1 |
| Austria | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 | −3.9 | 4.7 | −0.5 | 0.7 | −0.1 | 4.2 | −1.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Sweden | 0.2 | 1.4 | 4.1 | −5.4 | 6.9 | −1.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 7.4 | −1.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Finland | −0.6 | 3.2 | 4.5 | −7.7 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | −1.1 | 8.7 | −0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Republic of Cyprus | 1.3 | 3.0 | −3.0 | 5.8 | 0.3 | −0.3 | 4.4 | −0.9 | 0.9 | |||
| Czech Republic | 0.1 | 4.9 | −4.9 | 8.8 | 1.1 | −1.1 | 6.5 | 0.6 | −0.6 | |||
| Estonia | −4.1 | 10.6 | −10.6 | 9.7 | −0.6 | 0.6 | 13.9 | −2.8 | 2.8 | |||
| Hungary | −0.9 | 5.7 | −5.7 | 7.9 | −1.8 | 1.8 | 8.2 | −2.1 | 2.1 | |||
| Latvia | −4.7 | 13.4 | −13.4 | 13.1 | −1.1 | 1.1 | 16.2 | −4.7 | 4.7 | |||
| Lithuania | −3.7 | 11.1 | −11.1 | 10.9 | 0.4 | −0.4 | 13.8 | −3.3 | 3.3 | |||
| Malta | −1.7 | 1.2 | −1.2 | 8.3 | 0.7 | −0.7 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Poland | 3.9 | 1.3 | −1.3 | 14.4 | 5.8 | −5.8 | 13.1 | 5.3 | −5.3 | |||
| Slovakia | 0.0 | 5.3 | −5.3 | 16.1 | 3.2 | −3.2 | 14.5 | 3.0 | −3.0 | |||
| Slovenia | −1.7 | 6.1 | −6.1 | 6.4 | 0.6 | −0.6 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Bulgaria | 0.8 | 5.8 | −5.8 | 9.2 | 2.5 | −2.5 | 9.7 | 2.8 | −2.8 | |||
| Romania | 1.2 | 8.0 | −8.0 | 6.1 | 0.7 | −0.7 | 8.1 | 0.8 | −0.8 | |||
Source: Real GDP growth rates from the World Bank, unemployment rates from Eurostat (2001, 2004 & 2009), and own calculations.