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An ET analysis found that between 2017-18 (July-June) and 2021-22 (July-June), the annual growth rate of women's wages at 4.5% in urban areas was lower than that of men, which was 5.2%..
In rural areas, wages for men increased 4.9%, compared with 4.6% for women.Getty ImagesThe share of women in the self-employed category, which includes unpaid household work, went up from 51.9% to 62.1% between 2017-18 and 2021-22...
Wages grew slower for women compared with men since the start of Covid, increasing the pay disparity...
As per Periodic Labour Force Survey's annual data releases, women's wages had increased faster than men's from 2017-18 till 2019-20, but the trend reversed post-Covid, widening the gap in pay..
In rural areas, the gap widened from 2.17 times to 2.37 times, as the growth rate of wages for women declined significantly post-Covid, whereas men's wages rose faster...
