An analysis of earnings inequality of paid workers in rural India from 2004/05 to 2011/12

Khanna, Shantanu; Goel, Deepti; Morissette, René

Khanna, Shantanu; Goel, Deepti; Morissette, René (2016), An analysis of earnings inequality of paid workers in rural India from 2004/05 to 2011/12, NOPOOR Policy Brief, 17, p. 6. https://basepub.dauphine.fr/handle/123456789/18106

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Rapport

Date

2016

Titre de la collection

NOPOOR Policy Brief

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Auteur(s)

Khanna, Shantanu

Goel, Deepti

Morissette, René
Statistics Canada

Résumé (EN)

Earnings inequality in rural India declined sharply between 2004-2005 and 2011-2012. We find that the change in returns to worker characteristics was responsible for this decline, whereas the change in the distribution of worker characteristics had an inequality increasing effect.

Mots-clés

Poverty; India; Rural; Wage; Income Disparities; Inequality

JEL

O18 - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
I.3.32