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Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

51 (2) 2017 131 – 142

Analysis of Glass Ceiling and Sticky Floor Effects for Gender Wage Gap in Malaysian Labour Market
Analisis Kesan Kekangan di atas dan Kesan Kekangan di bawah bagi Jurang Upah Jantina dalam Pasaran Buruh di Malaysia

Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi Selangor
MALAYSIA

rahis@ukm.edu.my

Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi Selangor
MALAYSIA

wyeck@ukm.edu.my

Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi Selangor
MALAYSIA

nursabrina16@siswa.ukm.edu.my

Abstract

Most past studies of gender wage differentials estimate wage models using the entire sample for different gender groups. The estimated coefficients are then used in wage decomposition formula to identify the contribution of variables to the wage gap. However, quantile regression is preferred nowadays as it allows the regressors to be associated with the shape of wage distribution, whereby the glass ceiling and sticky floor effects can be identified. This paper attempts to examine the extent to which the glass ceiling and sticky floor effects exist across wage distribution in the Malaysian labour market. The analysis is based on 1263 workers data in the services and manufacturing sectors surveyed in 2015. The results demonstrate that the gender wage gaps are larger towards the lowest wage distribution, a finding that is consistent with the existence of sticky floor effect. Besides, the gender earnings gap is lower between 25th and 50th percentiles, but increases at the 75th percentile and reaches the highest at the 90th percentile reflecting the existence of glass ceiling effect.

Keywords

gender wage gap; Glass ceiling; quantile regression; sticky floor; wage distribution

Author’s Acknowledgement

The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia for the financial support given to conduct this research. The research was funded by the Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia. Project Code: FRGS/1/2014/SS07/UKM/01/2.

http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2017-5001-11
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Ismail, , Wye, , & Mohd Palel, (2017). Analysis of Glass Ceiling and Sticky Floor Effects for Gender Wage Gap in Malaysian Labour Market. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 51(2), 131–142. http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2017-5001-11

@article{ismail2017analysis,
  title={Analysis of Glass Ceiling and Sticky Floor Effects for Gender Wage Gap in Malaysian Labour Market},
  author={Ismail, Rahmah and Wye, Chung Khain and Mohd Palel, Nur Sabrina},
  journal={Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia},
  volume={51},
  number={2},
  pages={131—142},
 

year={2017},
}

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