ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the development of gender inequality in the labour market in Bulgaria. Emphasis is placed on changes in the main indicators of the labour market: economic activity, employment, unemployment and wages. The chapter looks at gender segregation, in both economic sectors and occupations, in the role of education and the possible presence of cohort effects. Labour market inequality between men and women is present in many countries irrespective of their economic systems and levels of socio-economic development. Bulgaria, one of the former socialist countries parts of the European Union, has made substantial political, social and economic reforms in the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. The Bulgarian economy entered a period of stable and high economic growth after 2001, which had a significant impact on employment. The gender equality policies the totalitarian regime applied are inapplicable under the conditions of democracy and the market economy.
