Migrant and non-migrant wage differentials: a quintile decomposition analysis for India

Khan, Mohd Imran

doi:10.1007/s41027-017-0054-7

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“…Recent studies have indicated that the economic divide between urban and rural areas in India has been reduced [42]. However, this can in part be attributed to the migration of workers from agricultural communities into metropolitan cities in search of largely unskilled work, thereby expanding the population of urban poor within the country [43][44][45].…”

Section: Telangana-the Research Localementioning

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A Comparison of Provision and Access to Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in a Metropolitan City and a Rural District in Telangana State, India

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In response to international agreements, recent Indian legislation has raised expectations that all children, regardless of need or ability, should gain access to formal education that is inclusive and addresses their social and learning needs. Initiatives designed to support the implementation of this legislation have been undertaken in several parts of India. Reports related to such initiatives have largely focused upon developments in large urban connotations, with studies in rural areas being less in evidence. This paper reports a small-scale study conducted in Telangana a state in the south-central part of India. Through the application of semi-structured interviews data were obtained to enable a comparison to be made of the experiences of two purposive samples of families of children with disabilities and special educational needs, and the professionals who support them. The first sample was located in Hyderabad, a large metropolitan city, the capital of Telangana State. The second was situated in villages in Sangareddy, a single rural district of the same state. Interviews were conducted either in English or in Telugu, the state language with all interviews transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis. The findings, which will be used to support further development in the area, reveal a willingness on the part of professionals to support the education and social welfare needs of children with special educational needs and their families and an awareness of current national legislation aimed at achieving this objective. A disparity exists between the availability of professional support services available to families and children, with those living in the rural district experiencing greater difficulty in accessing appropriate support than their counterparts in the metropolitan city. The lack of opportunities for training and professional development is perceived to be a major obstacle to the progress of inclusive education as required by national legislation in both locations. Recommendations are made for further research that is closely allied to changes in practice, for the development of professional development of teachers and other professionals, and for the development of centralised provision in rural areas to address the needs of families.

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Section: Telangana-the Research Localementioning

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A Comparison of Provision and Access to Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in a Metropolitan City and a Rural District in Telangana State, India

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“…Economic migrants are largely working-age men who move from rural to urban areas and within urban areas. These migrants are relatively well off, better educated and belong to higherpaying occupations than non-migrant workers at the destination (Hnatkovska and Lahiri 2015;Khan 2016Khan , 2017Kundu and Saraswati 2012;Vakulabharanam and Thakurata 2014).…”

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“…The phenomenon of migrants earning higher wages than non-migrant workers (both in formal and in informal employment) has been reported in the earlier studies in India both in the rural and in the urban areas, across wage distributions, major industries, and major migration destination states Lahiri 2013, 2015;Srivastava 2011). Khan (2016) examined the wage differentials between migrants and non-migrants using the quintile decomposition method and found that most of the migrant wage advantage is because of the difference in observable characteristics. The migrant wage advantage is seen not only in the case of formal employment but also among informal workers across industries in the urban labour markets in India (Khan 2017;Srivastava 2011).…”

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“…If this argument holds, then migrants would be working at lower wages. But recent evidence suggests that migrants earn higher wages in casual wage work and have a lower unemployment rate than non-migrant workers (Khan 2016(Khan , 2017. This indicates that there is a preference for migrant workers over local workers in the informal sector possibly for their discipline, motivation, and work intensity.…”

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Consequences of Labour Migration on Wages and Employment: Evidence from India

Khan

2021

Ind. J. Labour Econ.

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This paper evaluates the impact of migration on the labour market outcomes of nonmigrant workers in India using unit-level data from the 'Employment Unemployment and Migration Survey' (NSSO 64th Round, 2007-2008. After correcting for endogeneity bias of migration using an instrument variable approach, the overall results of the study suggest that the inflow of migrant workers increases the wages of non-migrant workers but does not affect their employment. Disaggregating the analysis by sectors, the study finds a positive wage effect in the formal sector, which is more pronounced among the high-skilled workers. In the informal sector, the results indicate an adverse employment effect among both high-and low-skilled workers. The positive wage effect in the formal sector suggests complementarity between migrant and non-migrant workers. The adverse employment effect in the informal sector is possibly due to a preference for migrant workers over non-migrant workers. The estimated results are consistent with alternate specifications.

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“…Consistent with the theory, empirical studies on international migration as well as internal migration in advanced countries find that migrants catch-up with the natives with the duration of stay at the destination. However, in the Indian context, the internal migrants are relatively high skilled and earn higher wages than the non-migrant workers (Khan 2016). 1 The contribution of urban areas to GDP is not available on regular and consistent basis but earlier estimates by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) indicate that share has increased from 38 per cent in 1971 to 52 percent in 2004-2005.…”

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Migrant workers in urban labour markets in India: wage differentials, assimilation and occupational attainment

Khan

2017

Ind. J. Labour Econ.

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The paper examines the wage differentials and returns to human capital of migrant and non-migrant workers in the urban labour markets in India. Using unit-level data from the Employment, Unemployment and Migration Survey (2007)(2008), the regression analysis examines the effect of various factors particularly human capital and years since migration in determining wage differentials in different specifications. The results showed that the migrants (both rural and urban) earned higher daily wages than non-migrant workers across states, but the wage advantage was higher for urban migrants than rural migrants both in regular and casual work. Segregating the wage gap into different observable factors, the results showed that the migrant wage advantage was mainly explained by the difference in nature of employment, type of occupation, location of job and other socio-religious factors but not due to differences in human capital. However, in case of urban migrants, education plays a major role in explaining the wage advantage over non-migrants, particularly in regular wage work. Even though the migrants showed a higher wage advantage, the gap reduced with the duration of stay at the destination labour market. While modelling the occupational attainment among migrants and non-migrants, the study found that education plays an important role in enabling migrants, especially urban migrants, get access to higher-paying occupations.

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Migrant and non-migrant wage differentials: a quintile decomposition analysis for India

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

A Comparison of Provision and Access to Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in a Metropolitan City and a Rural District in Telangana State, India

A Comparison of Provision and Access to Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in a Metropolitan City and a Rural District in Telangana State, India

Consequences of Labour Migration on Wages and Employment: Evidence from India

Migrant workers in urban labour markets in India: wage differentials, assimilation and occupational attainment

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