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Utilizing government labor statistical reports, which are based upon a sample of approximately 17% of all Greek employees in the labor force in Cyprus, it was found that females receive substantially less pay than do males for the same type of work performed. Although the difference in pay between men and women is greater for the lower incomed wage earners, there are also marked differences in pay between men and women among the higher incomed salaried workers. In addition, the gap between female and male earnings has been widening rather than narrowing during recent years. The cultural factors which serve to perpetuate sex discrimination in earnings are identified and discussed.
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Balswick, J. Comparative earnings of Greek Cypriot women and men. Sex Roles 4, 877–885 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287707
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287707