Women claim 20% less than men, according to the ILO

Wage growth in the world has never been so low since the 2008 financial crisis and last year, despite the economic revival in developed countries, regretted the Organization. International Labor Organization (ILO)

In a report on world wages, the ILO also notes that wage differentials between the bades persist at an "unacceptable" level . Women continue to charge about 20% less than men.

According to a report by the ILO, a UN agency, on global real wage growth (adjusted for inflation). it slowed down last year, from 2.4% in 2016 to 1.8% in 2017, its lowest level since 2008.

"It is disconcerting that High-income economies, slow growth Early indications are that this weak wage growth is expected to last until 2018, "said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

In Europe (not counting the eastern part where real wage growth climbed 5% last year, up from 2.8% in 2016), wage growth was virtually zero in 2017.

The ILO report was interested in wage gaps between men and women, which "one of the greatest manifestations of social injustice" .

"Motherhood is clearly penalized by women, and there is a bonus for paternity: men with young children earn better" than mothers, "said Ryder at a conference. "

" The wage gap between men and women remains a largely unexplained phenomenon, which to some extent is linked to prejudices and stereotypes "and to other factors differences in productivity between men and women can not explain, explained Rosalía Vázquez-Alvarez, one of the authors of the report.

The report shows that traditional explanations, such as differences in educational attainment between men and women in paid employment, play a limited role in explaining wage differentials.

In fact, the "unexplained share" of wage differentials between men and women predominates in almost all countries, according to the ILO.