Title: Earnings and investment differentials between migrants and natives
Description: This paper explores whether there exists any difference in the earnings of migrant and native  street vendors, and if so, in what ways is this difference prominent. In order to accomplish the  objective, we have collected data from women street vendors from Bengaluru city. The results  depict that although there is no significant difference in the earnings between natives and  migrants related to street vending business, a significant difference does exist in the size of  investments made by them i.e., to earn the same amount of income, migrants need to invest  more than natives. Moreover, the results, based on the Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition Method,  indicate that the pre-labour market endowment factors do not make a significant contribution to  the overall difference in the rate of returns. A significant difference does exist mainly because of  the coefficient differences, which can be attributed to discrimination.
Subjects: Women migrant labor, Indigenous labor, Employees, Urbanization, Street vendors, Investments, Rate of return
Places: India, Bangalore