Do “inferior” jobs always suffer from a wage penalty? Evidence from temporary workers in Cambodia and Pakistan

Thanh-Tam Nguyen-Huu
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Thanh-Tam Nguyen-Huu: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School

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Abstract: Purpose This paper aims to investigate the wage gap between temporary and permanent workers in Pakistan and Cambodia. Design/methodology/approach Quantile regression estimator is likely to be the most relevant to the sample. Findings The estimates indicate the presence of a temporary employment wage penalty in Pakistan and contrarily a wage premium in Cambodia. Moreover, quantile regression estimates show that wage differentials could greatly vary across the wage distribution. The wage gap is wider at the bottom of the wage distribution in Pakistan, suggesting a sticky floor effect that the penalty of being in temporary jobs could be more severe for disadvantaged workers. By contrast, a glass ceilings effect is found in Cambodia, indicating that the wage premium is small at the bottom and becomes high at the top of the pay ladder. Originality/value Despite the rise of temporary jobs in the past several decades, the empirical evidence on wage differentials between temporary and permanent workers is extremely limited in developing Asian countries. This paper is the first research work that systematically examines the temporary-permanent wage gap in selected Asian countries, based on their National Labor Force Survey data.

Keywords: temporary employment wage gap sticky floor; glass ceiling; Cambodia Pakistan JEL Classification: J30; J31; J80 __________________________________; temporary employment; wage gap; sticky floor; glass ceiling; Cambodia; Pakistan JEL Classification: J30; J31; J80 __________________________________ (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-12-10
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Published in International Journal of Development Issues, 2021, 21 (1), pp.106-141. ⟨10.1108/IJDI-06-2021-0120⟩

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DOI: 10.1108/IJDI-06-2021-0120

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