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THE NETHERLANDS: 17 percent wage gap. The Netherlands has dropped its wage gap about 10 percentage points from two decades ago to bring it just below the OECD average of 18 percent. In the Netherlands – with a population of 16.7 million and average income of $39,000 – 70 percent of women have paid jobs. A Dutch woman attends speed skating events at the Richmond Olympic Oval as part of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
SWEDEN: 15 percent wage gap. Sweden has long had a relatively small gender wage gap, with women earning only about 15 percent less than men, even in 1980. Swedish women are also more likely of working a job than in almost any other advanced economy, with 73 percent of working age women in employment. Here, Sweden's Caroline Seger (r.) attempts a bicycle kick during a soccer game against China in the Algarve Cup women's soccer match in Portugal on March 4. Armando Franca/AP
IRELAND: 14 percent wage gap. The tiny Celtic island of 4.2 million people boasts one of the lowest wage disparities and one of the highest average incomes, at $42,200. An unofficial sign declares 'Danger! Men & Women At Work,' in Limerick, Ireland. Newscom
HUNGARY: 13 percent wage gap. Hungarian women enjoy a low wage disparity, but the country also reports one of the lowest per capita incomes in the European Union, at $18,800. Children in the 'Little Miss Hungary' pageant watch a woman walk across the floor during the beauty contest in Budapest, Hungary, on March 6. Bela Szandelszky/AP
FRANCE: 12.5 percent wage gap. In France – with a population of 64 million and average income of $32,800 – 60 percent of women have paid jobs. Models present creations by French designer Daniel Dribouillard and Belgian designer Veronique Leroy as part of their Fall/Winter 2010 collection in Paris on March 8. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
GREECE: 12 percent wage gap. Greece’s progress in reducing wage disparity is in direct contrast with a poor record on improving employment rates. While women receive wages comparable to men, only about 48 percent of working-age females in the 10.7 million population actually have paid jobs. A woman walks inside the Athens Stock Exchange on Feb. 16. Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters
DENMARK: 11 percent wage gap. Denmark has long had a relatively small wage gap, with women a decade ago making 14 percent less than men, which was still less than today’s OECD average of 18 percent. Nearly three out of four working-age women in Denmark are employed. A woman with a bicycle walks next to a globe as part of an installation in downtown Copenhagen, Denmark, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters
POLAND: 10 percent wage gap. Like fellow Eastern European country Hungary, only about half of all working age women in Poland are employed. So while working Polish and Hungarian women are paid relatively close to men’s wages, a small share of women in those countries enjoy the benefit than the typical advanced economy. A woman works on a 19th century hand-loom in Warsaw in one of the last Jacquard workshops in Europe. The shop was due to close in September 2009 due to the drop in commands from theater companies and other major clients. Janek Skarzynski/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
NEW ZEALAND: 10 percent wage gap. The only Pacific country in the top 10 list of lowest national wage disparities, New Zealand beats out its neighbor Australia by seven points on the wage disparity chart. Two women walk on the beach in Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand. Newscom
BELGIUM: 9 percent wage gap. One of Europe’s smallest countries also boasts the developed world’s lowest wage disparity. About 56 percent of women aged 15 to 64 in Belgium are employed, earning an average $36,600. European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (l.) holds a joint press conference with EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding (r.) in Brussels. Ahead of International Women's Day, the European Commission strengthened and deepened its commitment to equality between women and men with a Women's Charter. Thierry Charlier/AP
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Michigan already ranks among the worst states for gender pay equity. Critics of its new 'right-to-work' laws say they limit the power of unions, which historically have helped close wage gaps.
The new right-to-work laws in Michigan, already one of the worst states for gender pay equity, may represent a step backward when it comes to narrowing the gender pay gap in the state, data show.
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