Male and Female Wage Differentials in Knowledge-Intensive and Labor-Intensive Occupations

• Main Authors: Kao, Ya-Mei, 高雅玫
• Other Authors: Lee, Chun-Hsien
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40571461838968136605

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 人力與知識管理研究所 === 96 === The female labor participate rate is increasing by years, but most of empirical studies evidence that wage differentials between male and female workers exist in Taiwan labor market. This study attempts to explore the degree of influence on male-female wage differentials in Knowledge-Intensive and Labor-Intensive occupations. According to Oaxaca’s (1973) decomposition method, the wage differentials can be decomposed into the effects of differences in individual characteristics and the effects of discrimination. And utilizing this method interprets gender wage differential. The data employed in this research is the 1997 and 2007 Taiwan Manpower Utilization Survey. According to the result of this study, the incremental female and male wage in Knowledge-Intensive occupation was caused by the increase of education and working experience. Thus, the sex variable was non-significant difference in male-female wage differential. On the other hand, the reductive wage in Labor-Intensive occupation was caused by the increase of working experience. Therefore, the education variable was non-significant influence on wage. In Knowledge-Intensive occupation, the difference of individual characteristics was shown that the significant influence on wage differentials between male and female workers. However, sex discrimination was non-significant difference in male-female wage differential. In Labor-Intensive occupation, sex discrimination was shown that the significant influence on wage differential between male and female workers.