Assessing the gender pay gap in Asia's garment sector

Phu. Huynh

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: This paper presents the gender pay gap in the garment, textile and footwear industry in nine developing Asian economies – Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. It finds that women earn less than men in eight of the nine countries, with the imbalance particularly sizeable in India and Pakistan. Some of the pay gap can be attributed to differences in factors such as age and education, but discrimination also appears to be a contributing determinant. Women are also more likely to be at the lower end of the wage ladder. Applying standard Mincerian wage regressions and the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method, the paper presents empirical evidence on gender wage gaps and wage premiums in the industry, and discusses measures that can help reduce gender disparities and discrimination in the sector.

Keywords: wages; wage differential.; low wages; gender; discrimination; working conditions; clothing industry.; shoe industry; trend; salaire; disparité des salaires; bas salaire; genre; discrimination; conditions de travail; industrie du vêtement; industrie de la chaussure; tendance; salario; diferencia del salario; salario bajo; género; discriminación; condiciones de trabajo; industria del vestido; industria del calzado; tendencia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2016
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Published in ILO Asia-Pacific working paper series

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