Key Points
Wage disparity between men and women has widened over the past decade, with the gap opening up further at higher wage levels..
The income effect is a leading measurable metric in wage parity that has been affected by the larger disruption of female labour participation on account of migration from towns to villages following Covid lockdowns..
Other contributory factors that keep women's pay lower than that of men include inability to work irregular hours, lack of mobility to reach job sites, and discontinuity of experience owing to family responsibilities..
Some of these factors are addressed by the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme that acted as a ballast during the pandemic's reverse migration..
MNREGA is an equal work, equal pay programme that provides signals to market wages for men and women..
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