Gender and caste-based wage discrimination in India: some recent evidence

Geschlecht und Kaste-ansässige Lohndiskriminierung in Indien: Einige Neue Beweise

Tushar Agrawal

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2014, vol. 47, issue 4, 329-340

Abstract: Abstract This paper examines gender and social groups wage discrimination in India using a nationally representative survey. We examine the wage gaps between different sub-groups of population separately in the rural and urban sectors using the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method. To account for possibility of the sample selection bias, the Heckman correction model is employed. We find a large wage differential between gender groups and between different social groups. The decomposition analysis reveals that the wage differential between males and females can largely be attributed to discrimination in the labor market. Nevertheless, in case of social groups this gap is mostly driven by differences in endowments.

Keywords: Gender; Social groups; Wage differential; Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I21 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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