Indian Journal of Industrial Relations: Economics & Social Dev.

Bidisha Mondal ¹

Affiliations
1 Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

This paper looks into the influence of trade union-membership on wages of their members and also the non-union members in comparison to workers in enterprises without any union during 2004-05 to 2011-12. The findings indicate towards decline in the effectiveness of trade union-membership in enterprises with unions as the real wage gaps and unexplained wage gaps between union and non-union members declined. The relative wages of workers in non-unionized enterprises deteriorated. The effectiveness of trade union-membership on wages declined more in the case of low-wage, low-skill workers indicating declining focus of trade unions on them. Trade unions' influence on wages became even less in public/private limited companies when compared to other enterprises.

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Bidisha Mondal ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Economic Studies & Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, IN

Abstract

This paper explores the gender-based differences in labor market returns in Indian manufacturing sector during 2004/05-2011/12 and finds that the female to male wage ratio improved significantly for the blue-collar workers majorly in rural areas. The reason had been a major sectoral change among female blue-collar workers in rural areas. A sharp increase in the share of employment in wearing apparels industries and a decline in the share of tobacco industries led to a high rise in share of workers in regular monthly salary system and a decline in share of workers in piece-rate payment system among rural female blue-collar workers. Methodologies used here are Neumark decomposition analysis, Logit and Ordered Logit regressions.

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