Theory and empirical evidence of the gender wage gap
Women participation in the labour force has steadily increased over the last several decades.Despite this, women still remain in lower status, less interesting and less and less well paid jobs.Differences in family and economic roles between men and women have resulted in wage discrimination between...
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| author | Ali, Hassan Othman, Noraini Zakaria, Nazlina |
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| description | Women participation in the labour force has steadily increased over the last several decades.Despite this, women still remain in lower status, less interesting and less and less well paid jobs.Differences in family and economic roles between men and women have resulted in wage discrimination between men
and women.Attempts to explain the gender wage differential generally rely on human capital
and labour market segmentation theories.The human capital theory attributes wage
differentials to differences in education, training, and work experience. Labour market segmentation theory on the other hand attributes wage differentials to the segmentation of the labour market into primary and secondary sectors.The human capital theory remains the dominant theory
explaining wage differentials between males and females. Research evidence does suggest that differences in the level of education and experience between male and female influence wages. |
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| spelling | uum-116222016-04-26T02:05:46Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/11622/ Theory and empirical evidence of the gender wage gap Ali, Hassan Othman, Noraini Zakaria, Nazlina HD28 Management. Industrial Management Women participation in the labour force has steadily increased over the last several decades.Despite this, women still remain in lower status, less interesting and less and less well paid jobs.Differences in family and economic roles between men and women have resulted in wage discrimination between men and women.Attempts to explain the gender wage differential generally rely on human capital and labour market segmentation theories.The human capital theory attributes wage differentials to differences in education, training, and work experience. Labour market segmentation theory on the other hand attributes wage differentials to the segmentation of the labour market into primary and secondary sectors.The human capital theory remains the dominant theory explaining wage differentials between males and females. Research evidence does suggest that differences in the level of education and experience between male and female influence wages. Penerbit Universiti Utara Malaysia Yahya, Khulida Kirana Mohd Shamsudin, Faridahwati Hassan, Zuraidah Mohd Zin, Md Lazim Ibrahim, Hadziroh Mohammad Noor, Mohd Rasul 2008 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/11622/1/H1.pdf Ali, Hassan and Othman, Noraini and Zakaria, Nazlina (2008) Theory and empirical evidence of the gender wage gap. In: Book of readings issues on Quality of Work Life (QWL). Penerbit Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, pp. 17-23. ISBN 9789833827626 http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000303950 |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Ali, Hassan Othman, Noraini Zakaria, Nazlina Theory and empirical evidence of the gender wage gap |
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| title_full | Theory and empirical evidence of the gender wage gap |
| title_fullStr | Theory and empirical evidence of the gender wage gap |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theory and empirical evidence of the gender wage gap |
| title_short | Theory and empirical evidence of the gender wage gap |
| title_sort | theory and empirical evidence of the gender wage gap |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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