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"The loss of female talent in Catalunya costs one billion a year" 24/01/2008
Aintzane Gastesi,
The Country
"The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce has been measured for the first time this wastage of female talent in a study that estimated the cost of female labor discrimination. The Chamber also announced the creation of an observatory on women managers.
A woman prepared, highly educated or middle-level or park leaving to devote her career to care for their children or attend family matters is a huge waste of talent. For her, of course, but also for the rest of society. The Barcelona Chamber of Commerce has been measured for the first time this wastage of female talent in a study that concluded that the marginalization of women trained labor costs one billion euros annually in Catalonia.
This figure is obtained by multiplying the difference between women and men with higher education inactive, 32,595 people in 2006, the average salary of a directive or a qualified professional, which amounted to 29,982 euros. The exact cost of the operation is 977 million euros, 0.5% of Catalan GDP in 2006. The waste of skilled human capital of these women throughout their lives amounted to 12.152 million euros, amounting to 6.2% of Catalan GDP.
The picture portrays the study, prepared by the Foundation Cirem with results of a survey of more than 4,000 enterprises, women are better educated than ever and still have a smaller presence in senior positions. In Catalonia account for 34% of these positions in the public sphere and private, while being 31% of the business. This inequality must be added the wage gap. According to the latest annual survey of wage structure (December 2006), in Catalonia for women in management positions are paid less than half the men in the same category.
According Miquel Valls, President of the Chamber of Commerce, "the female talent is necessary and essential if we develop a knowledge economy." In this situation, the Chamber has developed a series of proposals to remedy the inequalities that affect many women prepared to leave the labor market prematurely. On the one hand, measures of conciliation as schedules and more flexible child care. Furthermore, the Administration will help the SMEs to implement the measures contained in the Equality Act. Valls also announced that the Chamber shall continuously monitor the issue through the creation of the Observatory of Women Managers in Business. "
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