Economics

Papers on income inequality, gap by gender, ethnic group, age, education, occupation 

• Fong, E. (1975). Growth, inequality and race in Singapore. Int'l Lab. Rev., 111, 15.  

• Lee, W. (2004). The economic marginality of ethnic minorities: an analysis of ethnic income inequality in Singapore. Asian Ethnicity, 5(1), 27-41.  

• Lee, W. (1995). Racial inequality in Singapore. Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, 11(1), 56-73. 

• Mukhopadhaya, P. (2003). Trends in Total and Subgroup Income Inequality in the Singaporean Workforce. Asian Economic Journal, 17(3), 243-264.

• Rao, V. V. B., Banerjee, D. S., & Mukhopadhaya, P. (2003). EARNINGS INEQUALITY IN SINGAPORE. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 8(2), 210-228.

• Mukhopadhaya, P. (2001). Changing labor-force gender composition and male-female income diversity in Singapore. Journal of Asian Economics, 12(4), 547-568. 

• Lee, W. (1998). Gender inequality and discrimination in Singapore. Journal of contemporary asia, 28(4), 484-497.

Generally data on distribution by industry/occupation (by gender, age, and to some extent ethnic group) is available. Monthly Digest of Singapore Statistics also has Average Monthly Nominal Earnings per Employee by Industry. For more detailed income data breakdown (e.g by age, gender, ethnic group) see below.

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