Wage Differentials in Malaysia: Public Employment, Gender, and Ethnicity

Robert L. Clark (), Naohiro Ogawa (), Norma Mansor (), Shigeyuki Abe () and Mohd Uzir Mahidin ()
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Robert L. Clark: Department of Economics North Carolina State University Box 8110 Raleigh, NC 27695
Naohiro Ogawa: University of Tokyo University of Malaya Asian Development Bank Institute Kasumigaseki Bldg. 8F, 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6008 Japan
Norma Mansor: Social Wellbeing Research Centre University of Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Shigeyuki Abe: Center for Southeast Asian Studies Kyoto University 46 Shimoadachi-cho, Yoshida Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan
Mohd Uzir Mahidin: Department of Statistics 62514 Putrajaya Malaysia

Asian Economic Papers, 2021, vol. 20, issue 3, 16-34

Abstract: The study examines the earnings differentials between the public and private sector in the Malaysian economy in terms of the moderations of the gender and ethnic wage differences in the public sector. The study uses the annual earnings from the Salaries and Wages Survey for 2011 and 2016. The key findings are that public employees are paid higher wages compared with private sector employees and the overall gender and ethnic wage differentials have declined in recent years. We also find that both gender and ethnic wage differentials are much smaller in the public sector.

Date: 2021
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