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A Distributional Analysis of Public–Private Wage Differential in I ndia
Author(s) -
Azam Mehtabul,
Prakash Nishith
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/labr.12068
Subject(s) - wage , differential (mechanical device) , quantile regression , distribution (mathematics) , quantile , economics , private sector , labour economics , public sector , efficiency wage , demographic economics , econometrics , economic growth , economy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , engineering , aerospace engineering
In this paper, we examine public–private wage differential among men in I ndia across the entire wage distribution. We find that the raw wage gap between public and private sector is positive across the entire wage distribution in both urban and rural areas. A quantile regression‐based decomposition reveals that that the public sector workers enjoy a positive wage premium across the entire wage distribution in both urban and rural areas, although the magnitude of wage premium is smaller at the top quantiles.