The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been limited in its ability to understand the causes of these changes, due in part to an inability to directly compare the work of women to that of men. In this study, we use a new...

Incumbent upon giving effect to the mandate of gender equality as envisaged under Article 39(d) of the Constitution, the Equal Remuneration Act was enacted in 1976 to bring to force the policy of 'equal pay for equal work for men and women'. The present paper examines the ambit and limits of...