Caste, female labor supply, and the gender wage gap in India: Boserup revisited

Article Type

Research Article

Publication Title

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Abstract

A study explains the spatial variation in the gender gap in agricultural wages in India. The gender gap in wages is a persistent feature of labor markets despite laws mandating equal treatment of women at the workplace. In a cross-country context, observable differences in characteristics and endowments explain only a small portion of the wage gap. The geographical variation in the wage gap is commonly attributed to discrimination, as the unexplained component is the dominant one.

First Page

339

Last Page

378

DOI

10.1086/689352

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Comments

Open Access, Green

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