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Gender Bias in the Scientific and Technical Labour Market: A Comparative Study of Tamil Nadu and Kerala

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  • Malathy Duraisamy

    (Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai)

  • P. Duraisamy

    (University of Madras)

Abstract

The male-female differentials in education, employment and earnings in the labour market for scientific and technical persons are examined in this paper for the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala using the 1981 DHTP survey data. The sharp contrast between the two states in the economic and social indicators provides an interesting context for a comparative study. As expected, the average earnings and the gender gap in earnings are higher in Tamil Nadu than in Kerala. Surprisingly, the occupational segregation and wage discrimination are higher in Kerala compared to that in Tamil Nadu.

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Article provided by Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics in its journal Indian Economic Review.

Volume (Year): 34 (1999)
Issue (Month): 2 (July)
Pages: 149-169

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Handle: RePEc:dse:indecr:v:34:y:1999:i:2:p:149-169
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  • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
  • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing

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Cited by:

  1. Ashwini Deshpande & Deepti Goel & Shantanu Khanna, 2015. "Bad Karma Or Discrimination? Male-Female Wage Gaps Among Salaried Workers In India," Working papers 243, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  2. Kijima, Yoko, 2006. "Why did wage inequality increase? Evidence from urban India 1983-99," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(1), pages 97-117, October.
  3. Berta Esteve-Volart, 2004. "Gender discrimination and growth: theory and evidence from India," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 6641, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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