Table 3 Distribution of females by industry, share of workers who are female in each industry and the wage gap, manufacturing sector wage workers
From: Trade liberalization, industry concentration and female workers: the case of Egypt
| Â | Industry share of total female employment | Share of workers in industry who are female | Wage gap (male wage/female wage) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Industry | 1998 | 2006 | 1998 | 2006 | 1998 | 2006 |
Food and beverages | 23.57 | 20 | 12.64 | 13.29 | 1.51 | 1.46 |
Tobacco | 3.49 | 0.52 | 30.87 | 8.49 | 2.43 | 0.41 |
Textiles | 10.91 | 14.84 | 8.25 | 16.54 | 1.58 | 1.79 |
Garments | 23.41 | 37.81 | 29.47 | 47.45 | 2.5 | 2 |
Leather goods | 0 | 2.86 | 0 | 17.93 | -- | 1.6 |
Wood products (exc. Furniture) | 1.77 | 0.65 | 3.17 | 2.63 | 1.71 | 1.97 |
Paper | 0 | 0.98 | 0 | 6.36 | -- | 3.56 |
Publishing and printing | 4.48 | 1.76 | 13.55 | 6.42 | 0.54 | 0.41 |
Coke and petroleum prod. | 8.83 | 3.99 | 10.91 | 11.47 | 1.69 | 0.39 |
Chemical prod. | 1 | 9.25 | 3.1 | 15.16 | 0.5 | 2.89 |
Rubber prod. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
Non-metallic mineral | 0 | 1.58 | 0 | 2.16 | -- | 2.67 |
Basic metal | 0 | 0.48 | 0 | 2.51 | -- | 0.79 |
Metallic products | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
Mach. and equip. | 10.21 | 1.18 | 18.5 | 3.03 | 0.62 | 0.7 |
Office equip. and computer | 1.08 | 1.39 | 4.18 | 25.06 | 1.17 | 0.65 |
Electrical equip. (others) | 9.67 | 0.68 | 64.22 | 10.94 | 0.42 | 0.89 |
Radio, TV and com. equip. | 1.08 | 1.71 | 24.11 | 47.4 | 2.92 | 2.48 |
Medical equip. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
Motorized vehicle | 0.51 | 0.31 | 3.71 | 7.38 | 0.79 | 0.34 |
Other transport equip. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
Total | 100% | 100% | 9.51% | 12.39% | 1.3 | 1.99 |