The Effect of Minimum Wage on Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Taiwan

• Main Authors: Lo, Chi, 羅琪
• Other Authors: Chang, Ching-Fu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/j8r3b9

碩士 === 國立臺灣海洋大學 === 應用經濟研究所 === 107 === Using 2008-2017 Manpower Utilization Survey data in Taiwan, we examined the effect of minimum wage policy on gender wage gap. The two-step Heckman procedure is applied to avoid sample selection bias. Several conclusions were observed. First, the low-wage jobs are disproportionately filled by women. Second, the results suggested that higher minimum wages lead to reduction of gender wage gaps especially for low-paid workers. Finally, we analyze the influences of the minimum wage for different age and find that there is no significant decrease in gender wage gap among age 55 or older workers. This research about the impact of minimum wage policy also provided necessary information for decision making.