Wage Differentials Between the Public and Private Sector in India
The authors use 1993-94 and 1999-2000 India Employment and Unemployment surveys to investigate wage differentials between the public and private sectors as well as workers' decisions to join a particular sector. To obtain robust estimates of the wage differential, they apply three econometric t...
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okr-10986-89872021-04-23T14:02:42Z Wage Differentials Between the Public and Private Sector in India Glinskaya, Elena Lokshin, Michael AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS ANNUAL RATE AREAS AVERAGE AGE CASUAL WORKERS CIVIL SERVANTS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMISTS EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT FAMILY WORKERS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INDUSTRIAL WORKERS INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTORS INSURANCE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MEDIA MEDICAL CARE MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES NATURAL RESOURCES NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES OCCUPATIONS PARTNERSHIP PERSONNEL POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY REVIEW POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRIVATE SECTORS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REAL WAGES REDUCING POVERTY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYED SKILLED WORKERS TECHNICAL PERSONNEL UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN URBAN AREAS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGES WORK IN PROGRESS WORKERS The authors use 1993-94 and 1999-2000 India Employment and Unemployment surveys to investigate wage differentials between the public and private sectors as well as workers' decisions to join a particular sector. To obtain robust estimates of the wage differential, they apply three econometric techniques each relying on a different set of assumptions about the process of job selection. All three methods show that differences in wages between public sector workers and workers in the formal-private and informal-casual sectors are positive and high. Estimates show that, on average, the public sector premium ranges between 62 percent and 102 percent over the private-formal sector, and between 164 percent and 259 percent over the informal-casual sector, depending on the choice of methodology. The authors' review of wage differentials (estimated using similar methodologies) across the world shows that India has one of the largest differentials between wages of public workers and workers in the formal private sector. The wage differentials in India tend to be higher in rural as compared with urban areas, and are higher among women than among men. The wage differential also tends to be higher for low-skilled workers. There is considerable evidence of an increase in the wage differential between 1993-94 and 1999-2000. 2012-06-25T22:15:18Z 2012-06-25T22:15:18Z 2005-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5772058/wage-differentials-between-public-private-sector-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8987 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3574 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India |
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The authors use 1993-94 and 1999-2000 India Employment and Unemployment surveys to investigate wage differentials between the public and private sectors as well as workers' decisions to join a particular sector. To obtain robust estimates of the wage differential, they apply three econometric techniques each relying on a different set of assumptions about the process of job selection. All three methods show that differences in wages between public sector workers and workers in the formal-private and informal-casual sectors are positive and high. Estimates show that, on average, the public sector premium ranges between 62 percent and 102 percent over the private-formal sector, and between 164 percent and 259 percent over the informal-casual sector, depending on the choice of methodology. The authors' review of wage differentials (estimated using similar methodologies) across the world shows that India has one of the largest differentials between wages of public workers and workers in the formal private sector. The wage differentials in India tend to be higher in rural as compared with urban areas, and are higher among women than among men. The wage differential also tends to be higher for low-skilled workers. There is considerable evidence of an increase in the wage differential between 1993-94 and 1999-2000. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Glinskaya, Elena Lokshin, Michael |
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Glinskaya, Elena Lokshin, Michael |
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Wage Differentials Between the Public and Private Sector in India |
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Wage Differentials Between the Public and Private Sector in India |
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Wage Differentials Between the Public and Private Sector in India |
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Wage Differentials Between the Public and Private Sector in India |
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Wage Differentials Between the Public and Private Sector in India |
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wage differentials between the public and private sector in india |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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