Wage differentials, industrial and skill structures in Malaysian manufactures, 1974-1996
The objective of the present paper is to measure the proportional changes in salaries and wages and the impact of changing industrial structure on the employment of skill workers in Malaysian manufactures during 1974-1996. By using 5-digit MIC, 30 major groups of industivies are chosen out of 129 su...
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| author | Said, Rusmawati Abdul Rashid, Zakariah |
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| description | The objective of the present paper is to measure the proportional changes in salaries and wages and the impact of changing industrial structure on the employment of skill workers in Malaysian manufactures during 1974-1996. By using 5-digit MIC, 30 major groups of industivies are chosen out of 129 sub-industries. The proportional change in relative wage is ascribed to three distinct efects, namely distributional, diferential and industrial ranking effects. The present paper found that during the overall period, there was a clear trend of skill widening ascribed mainly to distribution of skill among sub-industries while skill diferences within sub-industry seem to be unimportant. Among all the industries, electrical machinery industry seems to be the most important industry that caused major skill differentials. |
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| spelling | uum-3232017-05-04T00:26:01Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/323/ Wage differentials, industrial and skill structures in Malaysian manufactures, 1974-1996 Said, Rusmawati Abdul Rashid, Zakariah HD Industries. Land use. Labor The objective of the present paper is to measure the proportional changes in salaries and wages and the impact of changing industrial structure on the employment of skill workers in Malaysian manufactures during 1974-1996. By using 5-digit MIC, 30 major groups of industivies are chosen out of 129 sub-industries. The proportional change in relative wage is ascribed to three distinct efects, namely distributional, diferential and industrial ranking effects. The present paper found that during the overall period, there was a clear trend of skill widening ascribed mainly to distribution of skill among sub-industries while skill diferences within sub-industry seem to be unimportant. Among all the industries, electrical machinery industry seems to be the most important industry that caused major skill differentials. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2003 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/323/1/Rusmawati_Hj._Said.pdf Said, Rusmawati and Abdul Rashid, Zakariah (2003) Wage differentials, industrial and skill structures in Malaysian manufactures, 1974-1996. Analisis, 10 (1). pp. 25-42. ISSN 0127-8983 http://ijms.uum.edu.my |
| spellingShingle | HD Industries. Land use. Labor Said, Rusmawati Abdul Rashid, Zakariah Wage differentials, industrial and skill structures in Malaysian manufactures, 1974-1996 |
| title | Wage differentials, industrial and skill structures in Malaysian manufactures, 1974-1996 |
| title_full | Wage differentials, industrial and skill structures in Malaysian manufactures, 1974-1996 |
| title_fullStr | Wage differentials, industrial and skill structures in Malaysian manufactures, 1974-1996 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wage differentials, industrial and skill structures in Malaysian manufactures, 1974-1996 |
| title_short | Wage differentials, industrial and skill structures in Malaysian manufactures, 1974-1996 |
| title_sort | wage differentials industrial and skill structures in malaysian manufactures 1974 1996 |
| topic | HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/323/1/Rusmawati_Hj._Said.pdf |
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