ReOrient global Keynesianism (6) - feminism

["g kohler" <kohlerg@xxxxxxxx>]

ReOrient global Keynesianism (6) - feminism

Increasing women's wages around the globe in order to achieve wage parity
with men could boost global effective demand in a long-term, structural way.
Table 1 below shows some data on wages by gender in selected countries. Sri
Lanka looks the best.

Gernot Köhler

[ReOrient is a logo from the pen of Andre Gunder Frank]

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Table 1 - Wages in the manufacturing sector, selected countries

source: ILO, LABORSTA database,
The data are for year 1995.

legend:
M     men
W     women, Local Currency Unit per hour, day, week, or month
Female wage as % of male wage

Oceania
Australia
M 16.07
F  13.67 Dollars per hour
85 %

North America
USA
data not by gender

Central America
Costa Rica
M  60273
F   42739  Colones per month
71%

Cuba
data not by gender

South America
Brazil
M    569.7
F     333.0   Reais per month
58%

Peru (Lima)
M     29.04
F     15.9   Nuevos Soles per week
55%

Europe
France
M     55.79
F     44.31  Francs per hour
79%

Ukraine
M     9287.2
F     7280.5   Hrivna, thousands per month
78%

Middle East
Egypt
M     87
F     64   Pounds per week
74%

Jordan
M     5.50
F     3.40   Dinars per day
62%

Africa sub-Sahara
Kenya
M     6867.7
F     3314.4   Shillings per month
48%

Swaziland
M     558
F     483   Emalengeni per month
87 %

Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan
M     158.5
F     128.6   Soms per month
81%

South Asia
India
data not by gender

Sri Lanka
M     17.08
F     16.20   Rupees per hour
95%

Southeast Asia
Malaysia
M     1242
F     719   Ringgit per month
58%

Philippines
M     7529
F     5592   Pesos per month
74%

East Asia
China
data not by gender

Hong Kong
M     357.7
F     233.5   Dollars per day
65%

Japan
M     318200
F     177900   Yen per month
56%

Average of above percentages = 70.4

Note: Ukraine - all non-agricultural sectors, Kyrgyzstan - agricultural
sector