Gender differences of wage trends in the Baltic States

The authors of the article analyzed gender wage differentiation trends in the three Baltic States: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. After the research it was clearly stated that such problem as gender wage gap exists not only in the Baltics, but also in other European Union countries. During the analysis of scientific literature, legislation and statistical data, gender wage differentiation problem was evaluated as one of the most important in the countries' economy and social life. This confirms that all three Baltic States gender wage differentiation is conditioned by the general global environment factors and in the all countries males earn more than females. Moreover, the research distinguished the necessity for a deeper analysis including the larger range of external and internal factors in comparison to the factors analyzed in this article. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.