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Social transition, economic development and gender-based wage disparity in a developing economy

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  • Sushobhan Mahata

    (University of Calcutta)

  • Soumyajit Mandal

    (University of Calcutta
    St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous))

  • Rohan Kanti Khan

    (University of Calcutta
    Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology)

  • Sarbajit Chaudhuri

    (University of Calcutta)

Abstract

A four-sector competitive general equilibrium model has been developed with both male and female labour in presence of capital market distortion to analyse the effect of social transition on female labour force participation and gender-based wage inequality. The analysis finds that although gender wage inequality worsens in the existing structure, the consequence on female participation in the workforce depends on the stage of social transition. While it falls in the early stages, it begins to rise once a certain critical level of transition is crossed. Finally, we have advocated in favour of a policy that can effectively speed up the process of social transition thereby gender empowerment.

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  • Sushobhan Mahata & Soumyajit Mandal & Rohan Kanti Khan & Sarbajit Chaudhuri, 2023. "Social transition, economic development and gender-based wage disparity in a developing economy," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 25(2), pages 293-312, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jsecdv:v:25:y:2023:i:2:d:10.1007_s40847-023-00241-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s40847-023-00241-4
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    Keywords

    Female labour supply; Social reform; Gender wage disparity; U-shaped hypothesis;
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    JEL classification:

    • D50 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - General
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market

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