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

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 remain pervasive. This article uses data from the Malaysian Population and Family Surve...

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Main Authors:	Ching Goy, Siew, Johnes, Geraint
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2012
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) HM Sociology
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/86/ http://ir.unimas.my/86/1/Revisiting%20the%20impact%20of%20occupational%20segregation%20%28abstract%29.pdf

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spelling	unimas-862016-12-28T06:35:33Z http://ir.unimas.my/86/ Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia Ching Goy, Siew Johnes, Geraint H Social Sciences (General) HM Sociology 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 remain pervasive. This article uses data from the Malaysian Population and Family Survey 2004 to shed light on the inequality in earnings based on the framework developed by Brown et al. (1980). The empirical results suggest that segregation 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. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2012 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/86/1/Revisiting%20the%20impact%20of%20occupational%20segregation%20%28abstract%29.pdf Ching Goy, Siew and Johnes, Geraint (2012) Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 46 (1).
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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 remain pervasive. This article uses data from the Malaysian Population and Family Survey 2004 to shed light on the inequality in earnings based on the framework developed by Brown et al. (1980). The empirical results suggest that segregation 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.
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title	Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia
title_short	Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia
title_full	Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia
title_sort	revisiting the impact of occupational segregation on the gender earnings gap in malaysia
publisher	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
publishDate	2012
url	http://ir.unimas.my/86/ http://ir.unimas.my/86/1/Revisiting%20the%20impact%20of%20occupational%20segregation%20%28abstract%29.pdf
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Revisiting The Impact of Occupational Segregation on the Gender Earnings Gap in Malaysia

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