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Wage determinants of creative industry workers: A quantile regression analysis of traditional Indian embroidery (chikankari) industry workers of Lucknow

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The creative economy has played a significant role in developed nations' economic growth in the past two decades. However, the creative economy is a new phenomenon for the Global South. It could be key for these countries' balanced regional development where typically more focus is given to heavy industries. For a country like India, creating a new policy framework that promotes this sector by modifying existing policies in order to bring flexibility and inclusiveness for future developments is a big challenge. There is a dire need for research into this sector to understand the issues related to labor, entrepreneurs, and the market. Moreover, the existing literature and empirical studies have limitations regarding explaining the factors affecting the wage determinants of workers in India's creative sector. This study highlights the critical component of creative industry workers and their wages based on primary data from the traditional embroidery (chikankari) industry in Lucknow, India. Quantile regression analysis has been used because the workers' wages are highly skewed towards lower and upper quantiles. The results show that the workers' age and education are significant at the lower quantile, while work experience and religion are highly significant at the ninety‐fifth quantile. Additionally, male workers earn significantly more than female workers. La economía creativa ha desempeñado un papel importante en el crecimiento económico de los países desarrollados en las dos últimas décadas. Sin embargo, la economía creativa es un fenómeno nuevo para el Sur Global. Podría ser clave para el desarrollo regional equilibrado de estos países, donde normalmente se presta más atención a las industrias pesadas. Para un país como la India, crear un nuevo marco político que promueva este sector, modificando las políticas existentes para aportar flexibilidad e inclusión de cara a futuros desarrollos, es un gran reto. Hay una necesidad imperiosa de investigación en este sector para comprender las cuestiones relacionadas con la mano de obra, los empresarios y el mercado. Además, la literatura y los estudios empíricos existentes presentan limitaciones a la hora de explicar los factores que afectan a los determinantes salariales de los trabajadores del sector creativo de la India. Este estudio emplea datos primarios de la industria tradicional del bordado (chikankari) en Lucknow (India) para resaltar el componente crítico de los trabajadores de la industria creativa y sus salarios. Se utilizó el análisis de regresión cuantílica porque los salarios de los trabajadores están muy sesgados hacia los cuantiles inferior y superior. Los resultados muestran que la edad y la educación de los trabajadores son significativas en el cuantil inferior, mientras que la experiencia laboral y la religión son altamente significativas en el cuantil noventa y cinco. Además, los trabajadores varones ganan bastante más que las trabajadoras. 創造経済は過去20年間において、先進国の経済成長で大きな役割を果たしてきている。しかし、創造経済はグローバルサウスでは新しい現象である。グローバルサウスの国々では、一般的に重工業に重点が置かれているが、創造経済がバランスのとれた地域開発の鍵となる可能性がある。インドのような国にとっては、将来の発展のための柔軟性と包括性を得るために既存の政策を修正して創造経済の分野を促進する新しい政策枠組みを作ることは大きな課題である。労働力、起業家、市場に関連する問題を理解するために、この分野の研究が急務である。さらに、インドの創造産業の労働者の賃金の決定要因に影響を与える要因を説明するには、既存の文献や実証研究には限界がある。本稿では、インドのラクナウにおける伝統的な刺繍(チカンカリ)産業の一次データに基づいて、創造産業の労働者の重要な要素と彼らの賃金に焦点を当てる。労働者の賃金が四分位数で上位と下位に大きく偏っているため、分位点回帰分析を使用する。結果から、労働者の年齢と教育レベルは下位で有意であり、職業経験と宗教は95%分位で非常に有意であることが示された。さらに、男性労働者は女性労働者よりも有意に収入が多い。

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  • Rinku, 2023. "Wage determinants of creative industry workers: A quantile regression analysis of traditional Indian embroidery (chikankari) industry workers of Lucknow," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(5), pages 1008-1018, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:15:y:2023:i:5:p:1008-1018
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12660
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