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Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia

Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

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Title Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia
 
Creator Goy, Siew Ching; Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Malaysia
Johnes, Geraint; Lancaster University
UNITED KINGDOM
 
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Description More women participate in the labour force nowadays than in the past. However, they do not join the workforce as equal members. Segregation in occupational distribution and pay differentials between men and women remainpervasive. This article uses data from the Malaysian Population and Family Survey 2004 to shed light on theinequality in earnings based on the framework developed by Brown et al. (1980). The empirical results suggest thatsegregation per se works to the advantage of women. A surprising finding is that the intra-occupational component,which is unjustified by reference to observed characteristics, is responsible for the overall earnings gap. It is likely that the within-occupational earnings discrimination reflects hierarchical segregation. Also, a portion of the earnings gap is attributed to a sample selection effect. Our results suggest that a timely policy intervention would aim to find ways of improving the returns to characteristics earned by women in a given occupation.Keywords: earnings; gender; Malaysia; segregationABSTRAKDewasa ini dilihat lebih ramai kaum wanita menyertai tenaga buruh berbanding dengan masa lalu. Walaubagaimanapun, mereka menyertai tenaga kerja secara tidak sama rata. Pengasingan dalam pengagihan pekerjaandan upah yang berbeza antara pekerja lelaki dan wanita dilihat semakin meluas. Kajian ini menggunakan datadaripada Tinjauan Populasi dan Keluarga di Malaysia 2004 untuk memberi penerangan tentang ketaksamaanpendapatan berdasarkan rangka kerja yang dibangunkan oleh Brown et al. (1980). Hasil kajian menunjukanpengasingan per se memberikan kelebihan kepada wanita. Satu penemuan yang mengejutkan mendapati komponenbagi intra-pekerjaan yang mana ia dilihat sebagai tidak wajar dengan merujuk kepada ciri-ciri yang diperhatikan,bertanggungjawab ke atas jurang perbezaan yang berlaku. Kemungkinan berlaku diskriminasi pendapatan dalampekerjaan yang menunjukkan hierarki pengasingan. Selain itu, sebahagian daripada jurang pendapatan berpuncadaripada kesan pemilihan sampel. Kajian ini mencadangkan supaya campurtangan polisi yang tepat pada masanya diambil untuk mencari penyelesaian untuk meningkatkan pulangan berdasarkan ciri-ciri yang diperolehi oleh wanita dalam pekerjaan yang diberikan.Kata kunci: pendapatan; jantina;Malaysia; pengasingan
 
Publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
 
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Date 2012-10-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
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Identifier http://ejournal.ukm.my/jem/article/view/1348
 
Source Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia; Vol 46, No 1 (2012): Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia
0126-1962
 
Language en
 
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