Table 4 Decomposition results of the gender wage gaps
From: Impact of minimum wage on gender wage gaps in urban China
| Â | Decomposition (1)-The MW model | Decomposition (2)-Kaitz Index model | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Endowment differences | Return gaps | Endowment differences | Return gaps | ||||
Female loss (a) | Male gain (b) | Total (a + b) | Female loss (a) | Male gain (b) | Total (a + b) | |||
1995 | ||||||||
100% Decomposition results of each factor | 43.0% | 29.9% | 27.1% | 57.0% | 43.7% | 29.5% | 26.8% | 56.3% |
 The MW | 0.7% | −5.4% | −7.1% | −12.5% |  |  |  |  |
 Kaitz Index |  |  |  |  | −1.3% | 45.9% | 40.7% | 86.6% |
 Education | 13.1% | −3.0% | −0.1% | −3.1% | 14.7% | −0.6% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
 Experience years | 8.5% | −125.2% | −79.5% | −204.7% | 9.0% | −131.0% | −86.6% | −217.6% |
 Race | 0.0% | −16.9% | −12.4% | −29.3% | 0.0% | −17.3% | −13.3% | −30.6% |
 Married | −0.4% | 39.3% | 43.1% | 82.4% | −0.3% | 44.0% | 47.1% | 91.1% |
 Ownership | 9.2% | −2.0% | 1.9% | −0.1% | 10.2% | −2.1% | 1.8% | −0.3% |
 Occupation | 9.3% | 11.0% | 6.9% | 17.9% | 9.0% | 7.2% | 4.3% | 11.5% |
 Industry | 2.6% | −3.8% | 1.0% | −2.8% | 2.4% | −5.1% | 0.0% | −5.1% |
 Constant term | 0.0% | 135.8% | 73.3% | 209.1% | 0.0% | 88.5% | 31.5% | 120.0% |
2002 | ||||||||
100% Decomposition results of each factor | 48.8% | 28.6% | 22.6% | 51.2% | 52.9% | 26.2% | 20.9% | 47.1% |
 The MW | −3.0% | 2.4% | 6.3% | 8.7% |  |  |  |  |
 Kaitz Index |  |  |  |  | −1.8% | 18.3% | 5.7% | 24.0% |
 Education | 6.3% | 2.1% | −1.2% | 0.9% | 7.0% | 2.4% | −0.2% | 2.2% |
 Experience years | 15.6% | −13.9% | −4.8% | −18.7% | 20.8% | −20.0% | −14.0% | −34.0% |
 Race | 0.0% | 23.2% | 20.8% | 44.0% | 0.0% | 25.9% | 21.3% | 47.2% |
 Married | 1.3% | 20.4% | 27.6% | 48.0% | 0.5% | 19.0% | 27.6% | 46.6% |
 Ownership | 6.6% | −1.3% | −0.4% | −1.7% | 6.2% | −1.7% | −0.6% | −2.3% |
 Occupation | 17.9% | 6.8% | −1.8% | 5.0% | 14.4% | 6.9% | 0.2% | 7.1% |
 Industry | 4.1% | 6.9% | 1.1% | 8.0% | 5.8% | 5.0% | −0.6% | 4.4% |
 Constant term | 0.0% | −18.1% | −25.0% | −43.1% | 0.0% | −29.6% | −18.5% | −48.1% |
2007 | ||||||||
100% Decomposition results of each factor | 36.5% | 35.2% | 28.3% | 63.5% | 39.5% | 33.4% | 27.1% | 60.5% |
 The MW | 1.2% | 1.7% | 6.4% | 8.1% |  |  |  |  |
 Kaitz Index |  |  |  |  | −0.5% | −12.5% | −4.3% | −16.8% |
 Education | 3.3% | 2.7% | −6.0% | −3.3% | 3.6% | 2.7% | −5.0% | −2.3% |
 Experience years | 4.1% | −21.1% | −0.9% | −22.0% | 7.4% | −13.8% | 7.9% | −5.9% |
 Race | 0.2% | −2.4% | −4.7% | −7.1% | 0.1% | −4.3% | −6.0% | −10.3% |
 Married | 0.8% | 23.0% | 24.7% | 47.7% | 0.5% | 18.1% | 19.4% | 37.5% |
 Ownership | 14.3% | −6.7% | 0.4% | −6.3% | 14.1% | −7.5% | −0.5% | −8.0% |
 Occupation | 4.4% | 4.0% | −3.5% | 0.5% | 4.8% | 5.3% | −1.9% | 3.4% |
 Industry | 8.2% | −2.2% | 1.5% | −0.7% | 9.5% | −5.1% | −1.3% | −6.4% |
 Constant term | 0.0% | 36.2% | 10.5% | 46.7% | 0.0% | 50.5% | 18.7% | 69.2% |