Article(electronic)October 2001
Gender Wage Differentials and Occupational Segregation in Hong Kong, 1981–1996
In: Pacific economic review, Volume 6, Issue 3, p. 345-359
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Abstract
This paper analyses gender wage differentials and the role of occupational segregation in Hong Kong. It is found that the female–male earnings ratio increased substantially from 0.710 in 1981 to 0.839 in 1996. A decomposition which takes into account occupational differences shows that the gender pay gap is mostly within occupations and most of the intra‐occupation wage gap is unexplained. The gender pay differential due to occupational differences is small; in fact, the overall occupational segregation favours females in Hong Kong.
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