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A Distributional Analysis Of Public Private Wage Differential In India, Mehtabul Azam, Nishith Prakash
A Distributional Analysis Of Public Private Wage Differential In India, Mehtabul Azam, Nishith Prakash
Nishith Prakash
We investigate the public-private wage differential in India using nationally representative micro data. While the existing literature focuses on average wage differential, we study the differences in the wage distributions. The raw wage differential between public and private sector is positive across the entire distribution for both genders irrespective of area of residence. A quantile regression based decomposition analysis reveals that the differences in observed characteristics (covariate effect) account for only a small part of the wage differential at lower quantiles, but a larger part at higher quantiles. At the very top of the distribution, covariate effects account for a …
The Returns To English-Language Skills In India, Mehtabul Azam, Aimee Chin, Nishith Prakash
The Returns To English-Language Skills In India, Mehtabul Azam, Aimee Chin, Nishith Prakash
Nishith Prakash
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The Redistributive Effects Of Political Reservation For Minorities: Evidence From India, Nishith Prakash, Aimee Chin
The Redistributive Effects Of Political Reservation For Minorities: Evidence From India, Nishith Prakash, Aimee Chin
Nishith Prakash
We examine the impact of political reservation for disadvantaged minority groups on poverty. To address the concern that political reservation is endogenous, we take advantage of the state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in India generated by national policies that cause reservations to be revised and the time lags with which revised reservations are implemented. Using data on sixteen major Indian states for the period 1960-2000, we find that increasing the share of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes significantly reduces poverty while increasing the share of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes has no impact on poverty. Political reservation …