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Heterogeneity and participation in informal employment among non-cultivator workers in India

Sahoo, Bimal Kishore; Neog, Bhaskar Jyoti - In: International review of applied economics 31 (2017) 4, pp. 437-467

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Formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment in Indian manufacturing

Moreno, Ana Isabel; Pieters, Janneke; Erumban, Abdul Azeez - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-17

Using nationally representative survey data of Indian manufacturing enterprises spanning the period 1995–2006, we analyze the link between formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment. A novelty in our analysis is that this relationship is allowed to differ between modern and...

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Transitions between informal and formal jobs in India : patterns, correlates, and consequences

Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Schotte, Simone; Sen, Kunal - 2020

The Indian labour market is characterized by a high level of informality, with large numbers of workers in poorly paid …

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The Urban Informal Sector and Poverty : Effects of Trade Reform and Capital Mobility in India

Marjit, Sugata; Kar, Saibal - 2018

Studies on formal-informal interactions in the labor markets of developing countries claim that economic reform increases the level of informal activity. Although the extent of such claims differs across countries, it is generally believed that reform is likely to depress informal wage by...

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Economic transition, dualism, and informality in India

Kesar, Surbhi - 2019

based on their primary income sources into seven sectors characterised by varying degrees of formality/informality and …

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Informality, education-occupation mismatch, and wages : evidence from India

Bahl, Shweta; Sharma, Ajay - 2023

This article examines the intertwining relationship between informality and education-occupation mismatch (EOM) and the … consequent impact on the workers' wages. In particular, we discuss two issues - first, the relative importance of informality and … analysis reveals that although both informality and EOM are significant determinants of wages, the former is more crucial for a …

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Labour market inequality in two Asian giants: Indonesia and India compared

Sen, Kunal - 2024

We examine the nature of labour market inequality in Indonesia and India, using a common conceptual approach drawing from the job ladder framework. In the framework, we differentiate between self-employment and wage-informal and between formal, upper tier informal, and lower tier informal jobs....