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Summary

In developed countries, the labour market is usually characterized with shortage of labour, especially for high risk, vulnerable jobs. However, in developing countries there are excess supply of labour for low paid jobs, including high risk and vulnerable jobs. Malaysia is the best example of a developing country with a large excess supply of labour for low paid jobs, including high risk and vulnerable jobs. This study adopted the Hedonic Wage Theory to test relationship between vulnerable workers and wage in a developing country.