Changing Wage Structure in India in the Post-Reform Era : 1993-2011

This paper documents the changing structure of wages in India over the post-reform era, the roughly two-decade period since 1993. To investigate the factors underlying these changes, a supply-demand framework is applied at the level of the Indian s...

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Main Authors:	Jacoby, Hanan G., Dasgupta, Basab
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	JOBS SKILL‐UPGRADING EMPLOYMENT RURAL DIVIDE PRODUCTION LAGS EMPLOYMENT SHARE PREVIOUS SECTION INCOME SERVICE SECTOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WAGE‐EARNER BASE‐YEAR RURAL LABOR MARKETS GROUP WORKERS LABOR FORCE INFORMATION ELASTICITY POST-REFORM WELFARE JOB EFFECTS WAGE INCREASES LABOR ECONOMICS VARIABLES PAYING JOBS RURAL LABOR INPUTS RETAIL TRADE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION REAL WAGES SOCIAL PROGRAMS ASSOCIATIONS MEASURES WAGE GROWTH ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TRENDS DRIVERS POVERTY REDUCTION AGRICULTURAL WAGE PUBLIC‐WORKS LABOR MARKET EARNINGS INEQUALITY URBAN EMPLOYMENT WAGE‐GROWTH INDUSTRY WAGE WORKER SELF‐EMPLOYED MARKETS ORGANIZATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRICES COMPETITIVE MARKET LABOR PRODUCT ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL SERVICES RURAL WAGES PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM FINANCE REAL‐ WAGE FEMALE LABOR WAGE GAINS UNEMPLOYMENT SKILL PREMIUM PUBLIC‐ WORKS PROGRAM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM RURAL COUNTERPARTS WORKERS WAGES DEFLATORS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS LABOR MARKET INTERVENTION RURAL SECTOR LABOR DEMAND REAL WAGE HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISE WAGE INEQUALITY VALUE RURAL FEMALE CASUAL WORKERS RURAL GROWTH DEMAND WAGE PREMIUM AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RURAL MEASUREMENT RURAL WORKERS MARKET PUBLIC WORKS TRADE LIBERALIZATION RURAL EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC‐WORKS PROGRAM ECONOMICS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PUBLIC‐ WORKS EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE REGRESSION ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE INSURANCE WAGE STRUCTURE TRADE SAFETY‐NET GROWTH RATE POVERTY RURAL AREAS FEMALE LABOR FORCE SUPPLY LABOR SUPPLY CONSUMER PRICE INDEX UNSKILLED WORKERS POOR FOOD PRICES LABOR MARKETS OUTCOMES SAFETY UNSKILLED LABOR SELF‐EMPLOYMENT WAGE EMPLOYMENT LABOR SHARE PRICES MARKET WAGE WAGE‐PREMIUM INEQUALITY DEVELOPMENT POLICY
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Changing Wage Structure in India in the Post-Reform Era : 1993-2011

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