Wage Differential between Informal and Formal Wage Worker in India

Manik Kumar () and Rahul Ranjan

Academic Journal of Economic Studies, 2015, vol. 1, issue 4, 9-19

Abstract: This paper investigates broad empirical picture of wage differential between informal and formal wage worker across different sector, gender, industry, education, social group and state as well as informal and formal sector in India with the 55th (1999- 2000) and 66th round (2009-2010) household survey on employment and unemployment conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). This study shows informal worker earns approximately two times less then formal worker in both informal as well as formal sector. Wage difference is sharp in case of skilled labour as compared to unskilled and semi-skilled labour. Compound annual growth of wage is very sluggish in all categories of labour. Formal worker earn two to three times more than informal labour in informal as well as in formal sector.

Keywords: Informal Worker; Formal Worker; Wage Differential (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J46 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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