Labour Market Inefficiency, Gender Inequality and Its Impact on Wages in Pakistan

There is a critical issues oof wage disparity, gender inequality and women discrimination specially in Pakistan and a lot of research and policy initiatives have been taken but this issue is still existing and hurting the economy of the country. Therefore, this study aims at examining the sensitivity of gender problem and wage inequality in Pakistan, using primary data collected through a structured questionnaire from 348 participants and applying mixed qualitative and quantitative methods. The selected variables of this study were the labor market inefficiency, gender inequality, Wage disparities, Labor market inefficiency, Education and Public Policies. Wage disparity was dependent variable and all other variables were independent variables. The findings reveal that there is wide range of gender disparities in labor market participation as well as wage disparity and discrimination with working women. In the light of these findings, the study suggest that policy makers should intervene to remove discriminatory practices against women in employment and education.