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The Evolution of Gender Gaps in India

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  • Bhattacharjee, Shampa
  • Hnatkovska, Viktoria

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We examine the evolution of gender gaps in India between 1983 and 2010 in education, occupation choices, and wages. We find that the gaps have shrunk quite sharply between men and women in most indicators. Our examination of the wage gaps shows that gaps have declined across most percentiles of income groups including the 90th percentile. While convergence in measured attributes like education accounts for most of the decline in the gap in other income groups, the decline in the gender wage gap of the 90th percentile is unexplained with measured attributes predicting that the gap should have widened. The gaps have narrowed most sharply for the youngest cohorts in the workforce suggesting that measured gaps will decline even more sharply over the next two decades.

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  • Bhattacharjee, Shampa & Hnatkovska, Viktoria, 2015. "The Evolution of Gender Gaps in India," India Policy Forum, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 11(1), pages 119-156.
    • Handle: RePEc:nca:ncaerj:v:11:y:2015:i:2015-1:p:119-156
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    Keywords

    Gender Gaps; Convergence; Labor;
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    JEL classification:

    • J6 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers
    • R2 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis

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