WAGE INEQUALITY BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE W ORKERS IN METAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR

This article compares wage inequality between male and female employee s in the metal manufacturing sector in Finland. The results show that a female employee earns nearly the same wage for the same kind of work as a male employee of the same age. Discrimination on the labour mark et, however, still exists. Discrimination occurs through the segmentat ion of the labour market into female jobs and male jobs and when valui ng different types of work. A decentralisation of wage bargaining will , according to the author, most likely increase wage inequality betwee n male and female workers.