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GENDER WAGE DIFFERENTIALS IN THE MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR

International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting

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Title GENDER WAGE DIFFERENTIALS IN THE MALAYSIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
 
Creator Ismail, Rahmah; Professor, Department of Economics and Development, Faculty of Economics,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan
(email: rahis@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my)
Noor, Zulridah Mohd.; Faculty of Economics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi,
Selangor Darul Ehsan
 
Description Studies have found that on average males earn substantially higher wages than females. Females are paid lower than their male counterparts due to several reasons such as educational attainment, job characteristics and types of industries. Even after accounting for variations in these productivity- related characteristics, gender wage differentials may still prevail as a result of discriminatory practice by employers. This paper attempts to measure the determinants of wage differentials by gender in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. The analysis is based on a survey of 2,046 workers in six major industriesconducted in 1999. These are the electrical and electronics, textile, wood-based, transport equipment, food and chemical industries. The determinants of wage differentials are obtained by using the coefficients of the earnings functions. These factors are decomposed into several categories, namely, demographic factors, human capital, job characteristics and industry characteristics. The results reveal that demographic factors and human capital variables play a major role in determining the wage differentials by gender. The divergence coefficient, which might include discriminatory practice by the employers, is also quite small.JEL classification: J16, J24, J31
 
Publisher Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences
 
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Date 2013-03-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://journals.iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj/article/view/110
 
Source International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting; Vol 13, No 2 (2005)
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.iium.edu.my/enmjournal/index.php/enmj/article/view/110/93