Labour market discrimination against migrant workers in an Indian state: The case of Punjab
基于扩展的人力资本模型，估计旁遮普邦本地与移民工人的收入函数，发现两组移民均面临歧视，且来自北方邦的移民受歧视程度更大。
Based on an extended human capital model, some earnings functions have been estimated for Punjab in the first part of the article. Later on, we investigate the earnings differentials between natives and migrants based on their productivity‐related charac teristics and labour market discrimination. Since a majority of migrants come from the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh and lag behind the rest of migrants in most productivity characteristics, the two groups of workers are analysed separately. The study finds that while migrants in each group face discrimination, its extent is greater for workers from Uttar Pradesh. The important factors that favour natives and contribute to the native‐migrant earnings gap include schooling, experience and the number of days worked. The factors that favour migrants and tend to reduce the gap include overtime, single/multi‐earner family member and gifts/bonus received variables.