Gender Wage Gap among Rural Non-farm Sector Employees in India: Evidence from Nationally Representative Survey

Author:

Pattayat Shiba Shankar1ORCID,Parida Jajati Keshari2ORCID,Paltasingh Kirtti Ranjan3ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Economics, Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

2. School of Economics, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India

3. Department of Economics, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India

Abstract

This article examines the gender-wise work participation rate and evaluates the wage disparity between male and female workers employed as either regular or casual employees in rural non-farm sectors. Based on the National Sample Survey data of 2004–2005 and 2019–2020, it is found that the gender inequality (against women) in employment opportunity is not only prevalent in the rural non-farm labour market but also on the rise during the last one and a half decades. The perceived difference in human capabilities between women and men and the non-availability of enough job opportunities could be a major driver of this inequality, apart from the existing social stigma in hiring the women in the rural labour market. This is reflected by the rise in the mean wage difference between two genders during 2004–2005 and 2019–2020. Both the mean and the quantile decomposition results suggest that a higher percentage of gender wage differentials is due to endowment components or labour productivity differences. Because of the existence of the ‘sticky floor’ phenomenon, the wage disparity is relatively larger at the bottom end of the earning distribution. But it reduces when we stride towards higher quintiles on the wage distribution. Hence, it is argued that policies aimed at enhancing the skill endowment of rural women can substantially reduce both the non-farm sector gender wage gap and the inequality in access to non-farm employment.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

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