Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/211034 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2018-15
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Quezon City
Abstract: 
The gender gap is a key policy issue across the economic sectors, including agriculture. While the Philippines has - in general - made considerable progress in addressing the gender gap, gender gap in average wages remains a key concern in the case of agriculture. Such wage gap can be attributed to differences in activity composition by sex of worker and differences in daily pay for the same activity. This study performs, for the first time, a decomposition of the average wage gap into these two sources, using official data, supplemented by data from an ongoing survey of agricultural workers. The study finds that activity composition is only a minor contributor to the gender wage gap; most of the gap rather arises from differences in pay for the same activity. Further research is recommended to confirm this finding. The study discusses some policy implications, related to promoting gender equality in daily pay in agriculture.
Subjects: 
gender gap
gender and development
agricultural labor market
wage gap decomposition
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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