Download This PaperWage Differential by Disability Status in an Agrarian Labor Market in India
13 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2013
Date Written: September 24, 2008
Abstract
This paper is the first to estimate the magnitude and determinants of a wage differential by disability status in the context of an agrarian labor market through a wage decomposition method. In rural Uttar Pradesh, India, we find evidence of an unexplained wage gap in favor of non-disabled men of 8% after controlling for selection bias into employment and using different reference groups for wage decomposition.
Keywords: Disability, Wage Gap Decomposition, India
JEL Classification: I1, J3, J7
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Mitra, Sophie and Sambamoorthi, Usha, Wage Differential by Disability Status in an Agrarian Labor Market in India (September 24, 2008). Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 16, No. 14, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2330503 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2330503
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