Abstract
This study examines gender equity among IT freelancers across selected European countries, focusing on differences in digital labor market participation and earnings between male and female freelancers. Using a non-invasive data scraping approach we obtained a rich dataset about 16 524 freelancers from Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Ukraine, we analyzed both labor market participation and earnings gap differences across three sectors: IT services, writing related services, and consulting services. The results show that there are gender differences in earnings among IT freelancers, but this is not a phenomenon observed in every sector. Possible future research directions are discussed, including expanded sectoral and geographical analyses and exploration of skill-specific influences on gender-based earning differences in digital labor markets.
Paper Type
Poster
DOI
10.62036/ISD.2025.7
Gender equity among IT freelancers – preliminary study on selected European countries
This study examines gender equity among IT freelancers across selected European countries, focusing on differences in digital labor market participation and earnings between male and female freelancers. Using a non-invasive data scraping approach we obtained a rich dataset about 16 524 freelancers from Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Ukraine, we analyzed both labor market participation and earnings gap differences across three sectors: IT services, writing related services, and consulting services. The results show that there are gender differences in earnings among IT freelancers, but this is not a phenomenon observed in every sector. Possible future research directions are discussed, including expanded sectoral and geographical analyses and exploration of skill-specific influences on gender-based earning differences in digital labor markets.
Recommended Citation
Dymek, D., Vakaliuk, T.A., Konkol, P., Grabowski, M., Ivanovic, V., Kanclerz, J. & Balsamski, B. (2025). Gender equity among IT freelancers – preliminary study on selected European countriesIn I. Luković, S. Bjeladinović, B. Delibašić, D. Barać, N. Iivari, E. Insfran, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Empowering the Interdisciplinary Role of ISD in Addressing Contemporary Issues in Digital Transformation: How Data Science and Generative AI Contributes to ISD (ISD2025 Proceedings). Belgrade, Serbia: University of Gdańsk, Department of Business Informatics & University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences. ISBN: 978-83-972632-1-5. https://doi.org/10.62036/ISD.2025.7