 Occupational Pattern, Wage Rates and Earning Disparities in India: A Decomposition AnalysisDipa Mukherjee () and Rajarshi Majumder Indian Economic Review, 2011, vol. 46, issue 1, 131-152 Abstract: Inequalities in livelihood among socio-economic groups are caused by disparities in job availability, type and sector of employment and earnings there from, and transcend the boundaries of current generation through their impact on capability formation. This paper explores issues of occupational distribution, wage rates, and total earnings in the Indian labour market over the last decade across social classes, regions, gender, and job types. The relative roles played by discrimination during entry and wage setting, and that by endowment in explaining the occupational and earning disparities have been examined through Decomposition technique. The findings suggest increasing disparities in recent times caused by both Discrimination and Endowment gaps. Keywords: Market; Gender Gap; Social Exclusion; Occupational Choice; Wage Decomposition; Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:dse:indecr:0034 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Indian Economic Review is currently edited by Pami Dua (Editor) & Ram Singh (Associate Editor) and Sunil Kanwar More articles in Indian Economic Review from Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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