Gender inequalities in the early labour market experience of young Europeans

Using data that follows individuals over a number of years (in this case, EU-SILC from 2006 to 2012), we investigate the evolution of gender inequalities. We identify two phases of young people’s working life: first, their entry into the labour market and then a subsequent phase, around five years after leaving full-time education. For the first phase, we analyse gender differences in the type of monthly employment status trajectories that characterise the transition from school to the first relevant employment experience. For the second phase, we explore gender differences along various dimensions of employment quality, evaluated not at a single point in time but over an extended period. These dimensions of employment quality include employment security, income security, income success and a successful match between education and occupation.