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Table 2 Mean wages and growth rates in the wages of men and women

From: Two tales of contraction: gender wage gap in Georgia before and after the 2008 crisis

 

Men

Women

 

Wages

Growth Rates

Wages

Growth rates

 

2004

2007

2011

2004 - 2007

2007 - 2011

2004

2007

2011

2004 - 2007

2007 - 2011

Overall

184.7

272.8

298.7

0.48

0.09

94

152.6

192

0.62

0.26

Age categories

 25–34

217.2

279.9

320.4

0.29

0.14

105

159.5

218.7

0.52

0.37

 35–44

177.5

274.1

313.8

0.54

0.14

88.9

159.7

190.4

0.80

0.19

 45– 55

165.1

265

259.8

0.61

-0.02

92.3

141

175.3

0.53

0.24

Education

 Secondary and below

149.6

200.3

224.5

0.34

0.12

94.7

109.5

122.3

0.16

0.12

 Vocational

158.8

224.3

221.5

0.41

-0.01

73.7

104.8

129.7

0.42

0.24

 Higher education

217.3

332.3

377.5

0.53

0.14

103.1

180.5

235

0.75

0.30

Marriage

 Unmarried

192.1

247.4

285.8

0.29

0.16

109.2

168.3

221.7

0.54

0.32

 Married

183.1

280.1

301.7

0.53

0.08

84.7

141.5

176.4

0.67

0.25

Nationality

 Non-Georgian

177.8

196.2

234.1

0.10

0.19

86.2

144.3

158.8

0.67

0.10

 Georgian

185.6

280.6

303.3

0.51

0.08

94.9

153.4

194.7

0.62

0.27

Residence

 Rural

126.9

198.3

232.5

0.56

0.17

68.9

104.4

135.1

0.52

0.29

 Urban

213.6

305.3

335.3

0.43

0.10

103.5

167

211.6

0.61

0.27

Capital city

 Not Tbilisi

147.7

223.9

247

0.52

0.10

76.4

114.8

148.9

0.50

0.30

 Tbilisi

242.9

330.7

394.6

0.36

0.19

117.2

192.6

249.9

0.64

0.30

Working hours

 Less than 20 hours

96.5

120.9

141.3

0.25

0.17

54.5

82.6

118.1

0.52

0.43

 21–40 hours

160.9

264.2

289.6

0.64

0.10

87.5

141.2

189.3

0.61

0.34

 More than 40 hours

212.5

292.4

342.1

0.38

0.17

129.6

192.5

243

0.49

0.26

 Seasonal hours

186.1

218.2

192.7

0.17

-0.12

90.7

95.3

112.7

0.05

0.18

Sector

 Private

222.7

275.4

289.9

0.24

0.05

129

169.9

192

0.32

0.13

 State

120.8

268.9

315.8

1.23

0.17

69.2

141.5

192

1.04

0.36

Occupation, by skill level

 Low-skilled, blue-collar

167.5

197.2

237.4

0.18

0.20

81.6

91.8

126.6

0.13

0.38

 High-skilled, blue-collar

162.4

223.1

225.3

0.37

0.01

91.8

96.9

115.9

0.06

0.20

 Low-skilled, white-collar

163.9

193

226.1

0.18

0.17

105.6

144.4

150.1

0.37

0.04

 High-skilled, white-collar

208.6

362

407.5

0.74

0.13

91.7

164.1

221.9

0.79

0.35

Industry type

 Agriculture

104.5

136.9

121

0.31

-0.12

82.8

109.2

69.6

0.32

-0.36

 Mining

352.9

332.6

355.3

-0.06

0.07

 

102.2

216.6

 

1.12

 Manufacturing

180.9

252.8

232.3

0.40

-0.08

122.2

149.8

145.6

0.23

-0.03

 Utilities

184.9

296.7

312.2

0.60

0.05

227.8

144.6

267.1

-0.37

0.85

 Construction

243.8

316.7

293.5

0.30

-0.07

329.7

296.1

265.4

-0.10

-0.10

 Trade

187.4

237

291.4

0.26

0.23

120.4

138.2

172.3

0.15

0.25

 Hotels and restaurants

227.6

238.4

270.8

0.05

0.14

138.5

191.5

137.4

0.38

-0.28

 Transport

219.5

240.8

311.1

0.10

0.29

99

307.6

281.8

2.11

-0.08

 Finance

301.9

577.5

466.7

0.91

-0.19

170.2

444.8

434.6

1.61

-0.02

 Real estate

181.6

253.4

286.7

0.40

0.13

99.3

156.8

291.2

0.58

0.86

 PA and defense

145.4

372.1

404.9

1.56

0.09

88.3

269.5

355.5

2.05

0.32

 Education

109

137.2

175.3

0.26

0.28

74.9

100

156.5

0.34

0.57

 Health and social work

168.5

166.3

233.9

-0.01

0.41

67.7

129.3

181

0.91

0.40

 Culture

208.7

237.4

279.5

0.14

0.18

80.2

139.2

168.8

0.74

0.21

 Private households

87.7

134.3

202.6

0.53

0.51

160.4

127.7

154.6

-0.20

0.21

 International organizations

599.8

151.5

484.3

-0.75

2.20

192

495.5

505.6

1.58

0.02

  1. Notes: survey-weighted means
  2. Source: GHBS data