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Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

50 (1) 2016 53 – 66

Pengasingan Pekerjaan dan Perbezaan Upah Jantina di Malaysia
Occupational Segregation and Gender Wage Differentials in Malaysia

Pusat Pengajian Inovasi Perniagaan dan Teknousahawan
Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Pengkalan Jaya
Jln Alor Setar-Kangar
01000 Kangar Perlis
MALAYSIA

noorazeela88@gmail.com

Pusat Pengajian Ekonomi
Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor
MALAYSIA

rahis@ukm.edu.my

Pusat Pengajian Ekonomi
Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi Selangor
MALAYSIA

rasiahs@ukm.edu.my

Abstract

This article aims to analyze gender wage differencials based on data collected from field work in 2012 of five states, namely, Selangor, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Kedah and Terengganu. A total of 1,274 head of households were selected for the analysis in this article. More specifically, the study focuses on gender wage differencials according to job categories, namely, skilled workers, semi-skilled workers and unskilled workers. The study involved two main models, namely, multinomial logit model and wage model. Besides that, the decomposition equation is also applied to determine the percentage contribution of the variables towards gender wage differentials. The results show that the percentage contribution of variables included in the wage model, also refered to as explained factor, has less contribution than the unexplained factor, refered to as employer’s discrimination. Apart from this, the percentage contribution of sample bias relating to employer’s discrimination in hiring females is quite large. Based on these findings, the government should be stern in the implemention of Wage Equality Law, which is embedded in Labour Act. For the employers, they should be more transparent in hiring workers, i.e. based on merit and not gender.

Keywords

Employer’s discrimination; gender wage differentials; semi-skilled workers; skilled workers; unskilled workers

Author’s Acknowledgement

Penulis ingin mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia atas sumbangan dana di bawah Skim Geran Fundamental Research kod projek FRGS/1/2011/SS/UKM/02/9) bagi menjalankan kajian ini.

http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2016-5001-05
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Zainol Abidin, , Ismail, , & Sulaiman, (2016). Pengasingan Pekerjaan dan Perbezaan Upah Jantina di Malaysia. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 50(1), 53–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JEM-2016-5001-05

@article{zainolabidin2016pengasingan,
  title={Pengasingan Pekerjaan dan Perbezaan Upah Jantina di Malaysia},
  author={Zainol Abidin, Noorazeela and Ismail, Rahmah and Sulaiman, Noorasiah},
  journal={Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia},
  volume={50},
  number={1},
  pages={53—66},
 

year={2016},
}

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