Gender discrimination and the biased Indian labour market: Evidence from the National Sample Survey
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- Gupta, Pallavi & Kothe, Satyanarayan, 2021. "Gender Discrimination and the Biased Indian Labour Market: Evidence from the National Sample Survey," MPRA Paper 110205, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Keywords
Gender inequality; Theil index; Threefold Oaxaca decomposition; Wage discrimination; NSS (EUS) 68th round; NCO 2004; Returns to education;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General
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