Economic liberalization and wage inequality in India

被引：63

作者：

Chamarbagwala, Rubiana ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47401 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2006年 / 34卷 / 12期

关键词：

trade and labor market interactions; education; wages; Asia; India;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.02.010

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

`We investigate India's widening skill wage gap and narrowing gender wage differential during the two decades that coincide with the economic liberalization in the country. Using the nonparametric methodology developed by Katz and Murphy [Katz, L. F., & Murphy, K. M. (1992). Changes in relative wages, 1963-87: supply and demand factors. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 107(l), 35-78], we find that relative demand shifts contributed to relative wage shifts and that increases in the demand for skilled labor were mostly due to skill upgrading within industries. In assessing the contribution of external sector reforms to demand for skilled labor, we find that international trade-in manufactures benefited skilled men but hurt skilled women, whereas out-sourcing of services generated a demand for both female and male college graduates. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1997 / 2015

页数：19

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