The Gender Pay Gap among Full-Time and Part-Time Workers in Serbia: Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kosovka Ognjenović

doi:10.2478/bsrj-2026-0007

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The Gender Pay Gap among Full-Time and Part-Time Workers in Serbia: Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Business Systems Research Journal

Volume 17 (2026): Issue 1 (April 2026)

By: Kosovka Ognjenović

Open Access

|May 2026

Abstract

Background

This paper analyses the gender pay gap among full-time and part-time employees, focusing on the labour market in the Republic of Serbia.

Objectives

Using data from the annual household survey on income and living conditions, this paper examines whether the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the extent of the pay gap in the Republic of Serbia between the two groups of workers who can be defined as full-time and part-time employees in terms of the employment contract.

Methods/Approach

Separate models were estimated for full-time and part-time employees in the wage sector using the 2019-2020 data sample.

Results

Applying this approach reveals differences in wages between men and women depending on working hours. The efficiency of full-time and part-time employed women in earning their potential wage is 9.3% and 19.8% lower than that of men, respectively.

Conclusions

In Serbia, during the COVID-19 period, there was a significant decline in part-time employment for both men and women, but this trend continued after the crisis, showing a new reality in the labour market.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2026-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1847-9375 | Journal ISSN: 1847-8344

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Language: English

Page range: 131 - 153

Submitted on: Aug 30, 2024

Accepted on: Jun 18, 2025

Published on: May 10, 2026

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