Gender Inequality in Global Earnings

Subject – Governance

Context – Men in India take 82% of labour income, says report

Concept –

Men in India capture 82% of labour income, while women earn just 18%, according to the first-ever estimates of the gender inequality in global earnings presented in the World Inequality Report 2022 released earlier this week.
The female share of the total labour income is the national aggregate labour income earned by women relative to the total aggregate of labour income within a country.
In a country with perfect equality between women and men, the female labour income share would be 50%.
Eastern Europe has the highest female labour income shares, with the average female share near 41%.
Moldova has the highest female labour income in the world at 45%.