Evolution of wage inequality in India (1983-2017): The role of occupational task content

Saloni Khurana and Kanika Mahajan

No wp-2020-167, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We examine data for urban workers in the non-agricultural sector across three decades, 1983-2017, and find that earnings inequality increased during 1983-2004, was largely stable during 2004-11, and decreased during 2011-17. We explore whether decline in routine jobs and change in demand for skills has shaped evolution of earnings inequality in India.

Keywords: Skills; Tasks; Earnings inequality; Decomposition; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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