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Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in a Dynamic East Asian Economy

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Labor markets in the East Asian “miracle” economies have undergone profound changes in recent decades as their comparative advantage in low‐wage labor diminished and jobs shifted toward higher‐skill manufacturing and services. This study uses an occupational decomposition technique to examine how such shifts in East Asia's occupational structures have affected trends in their gender wage gaps. The wage gap is decomposed into across‐occupation and within‐occupation factors that are each further separated into wage and employment components. Results based on a comprehensive labor force data set for Taiwan show that within‐occupation pay discrepancies account for the bulk of gender wage inequity.

Source: Southern Economic Journal

DOI: 10.1002/j.2325-8012.2004.tb00608.x

Authors: Joseph E. Zveglich, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

Institutions: Asian Development Bank, William & Mary

Language: English

Topic: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2056501009

FWCI: 5.364

Cites: 39

Cited by: 40

Related to: 10