Wage Discrimination in India's Informal Labor Markets: Exploring the Impact of Caste and Gender

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Deininger ◽  
Songqing Jin ◽  
Hari Nagarajan
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Wage Discrimination ◽  
Informal Labor ◽  
Informal Labor Markets ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

How do immigrant legalization programs play out in informal labor markets? The case of Senegalese street hawkers in Argentina

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa Feline Freier ◽  
Bernarda Zubrzycki
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Experimental Situation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Subjective Expectations ◽  
Informal Labor ◽  
Informal Labor Markets ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In this article, we take advantage of the quasi-experimental situation of the 2013 legalization program for Senegalese citizens in Argentina to study its effects on immigrant street hawkers’ incorporation into the formal labor market, their working conditions, social integration, and collective mobilization. In order to understand the impact of legalization programs, it is important to acknowledge that in informal labor markets, the effects of amnesties are likely less pronounced than in predominantly formal markets. Furthermore, the scope of socioeconomic rights granted to unauthorized migrants and migrants’ subjective expectations and aspirations need to be taken into consideration. Based on 50 in-depth interviews and a small N survey, our study suggests that the legalization effect on Senegalese street hawkers’ access to the formal sector is limited. However, legal status does benefit migrants’ subjective well-being and their disposition to engage in collective action for labor and human rights.

scholarly journals Immigration, Wages and Employment under Informal Labor Markets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Delgado-Prieto
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
Informal Labor ◽  
Wage Effect ◽  
Wage Effects ◽  
Market Impacts ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Informal Labor Markets ◽  
High Degree

This paper studies the labor market impacts of a massive inflow of Venezuelans in Colombia. By comparing areas that received different shares of migrants, I find a negative effect on wages and on local employment for natives. The negative wage effect is driven by a large drop of wages in the informal sector, where migrants are mostly employed, while the negative employment effect is driven by a reduction of employment in the formal sector, where the minimum wage is binding. To explain these results, I develop a model in which firms hire formal and informal workers with different costs. If these workers have a high degree of substitutability, and wages for formal workers are rigid, firms reallocate formal to informal employment as a response to lower informal wages. In settings with informal labor markets migration can therefore lead to asymmetric employment and wage effects across the informal and formal sectors.

scholarly journals What drives the spatial wage premium in formal and informal labor markets? The case of Ecuador

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 823-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessia Matano ◽  
Moisés Obaco ◽  
Vicente Royuela
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Wage Premium ◽  
Informal Labor ◽  
Informal Labor Markets

WAGE DISCRIMINATION IN INDIA’S FORMAL AND INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
BHASKAR JYOTI NEOG ◽  
BIMAL KISHORE SAHOO
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Wage Discrimination ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Informal Labor ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Better Regulation ◽  
Quantile Decomposition ◽  
Informal Labor Market ◽  
Gender Based

The study examines the extent of gender and caste-based discrimination among the formally and informally employed in India using the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) Employment-Unemployment Survey (EUS) data for the four major rounds from 1999–00 to 2011–12. Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition results corrected for self-selection show wage discrimination to be significantly higher in informal employment compared to the formally employed. Similarly, caste-based discrimination is found to be lower compared to gender-based discrimination. The quantile decomposition results show discrimination to vary across the quantiles. Our results highlight the need for better regulation of the informal labor market in India.

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