FEMALE LABOUR WAGE AND THEIR WAGE GAP WITH MALE COUNTERPART IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

This study addressed the nature and extent of female wage labour and the wage gap with their male counterpart in the selected areas of Sirajgonj and Dhaka Districts of Bangladesh. There were four categories of labour. Farm survey method was used to collect primary data from the field labour and the rice mill worker and labour of construction work at few villages under Royganj, Tarash, and Salanga Upazilas of Sirajgonj and Dhaka district for the study. ANOYA and ANCOYA Models were used for analyzing the data set. It is noted that, the female labour's working hours/day, working days/week are much less than male labour that is why wage of female labours is much lower than the male labours in selected areas of Bangladesh. It is also noted that the wage rate is much lower in the case of female workers. The major findings of the study indicated the way of increasing income of female labour depends on the reduction of the wage gap (I 239Tklmonth).Therefore, the study firmly concluded with the recommendation that the wage (tklhr) of female worker should increase rationally for ensuring the equal treatment of both male and female.