A global study conducted in Germany and India found that working women around the world earn less than their husbands.
Surprisingly, even in the Nordic countries, wives earn less than their husbands, according to a study by Indian and German institutes published in the journal Science Direct.
The Nordic region is made up of European countries such as Greenland, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland, and is one of the world's leading sources of income or economic opportunities for women.
Research by the Center for Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Bangalore, India, and the Center for Modern Indian Studies at the University of Gittingham, Germany, has shown that husbands in all countries of the world outnumber their wives.
During the study, the researchers looked at data from 45 countries in other regions, including Europe and Asia, and looked at married couples who ranged in age from 18 to 65.
During the research, the experts reviewed the data of 2.85 million households and all the data was obtained between 1974 and 2016.
Experts analyzed data from different countries, which showed that husbands around the world earn more than their wives.
According to the data, although the income gap between men and women has improved in the last 40 years and now women earn 20% more than in the past, there is still a gap in the income of husband and wife.
The data also looked at countries such as Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Norway, which pay women the same as men, and found that even in those countries, wives earn less than their husbands.
Indian Professor Hema Swami Nathan and Professor Deepak Malghan, who were part of the study, told the BBC that gender segregation was present in all rich and poor countries in terms of earnings.
According to both experts, in all countries of the world, there is a difference in the earnings of husband and wife even in poor families, including rich and middle families, and surprisingly, wives in countries like Finland, Iceland and Norway earn less than their husbands. ۔
