Wage differentials between the public and private sectors in India

Type Book
Title Wage differentials between the public and private sectors in India
Author(s)
Volume 3574
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2005
Publisher World Bank Publications
URL http://books.google.md/books?id=SjBO1V6qE8kC
Abstract
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

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