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

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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. We find that both countries have a large proportion of workers in lower tier jobs, though the importance of wage-employment is larger in Indonesia. There are more workers in formal wage-employment in Indonesia than India.

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  • Kunal Sen, 2024. "Labour market inequality in two Asian giants: Indonesia and India compared," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2024-29, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2024-29
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