Re-examining Gender Earning Differentials in Malaysian Manufacturing

• Main Authors: Cheong, Jia Qi, Suresh Narayanan, Jacqueline Lisa Fernandez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The MIT Press 2022
• Subjects: HD6050-6305 Classes of labor Including women, children, students, middle-aged and older persons, minorities; HD9720-9975 Manufacturing industries
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33463/1/Re-examining%20Gender%20Earning%20Differentials%20in%20Malaysian%20Manufacturing.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33463/; https://direct.mit.edu/asep/article-abstract/21/1/64/109039/Re-examining-Gender-Earning-Differentials-in?redirectedFrom=fulltext; https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00845

The manufacturing sector is a major avenue for female employment in the urban labor market in Malaysia. Only two studies, both published more than two decades ago, have examined gender earning differentials in this sector. Since then, the percentage of women being educated has increased, along with...