Table 6 Informal sector employment, hired workers, and wage bill distribution across modernity quartiles
From: Formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment in Indian manufacturing
Employment | Hired workers | Wage bill | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quartile | 1995 | 2001 | 2006 | 1995 | 2001 | 2006 | 1995 | 2001 | 2006 |
1st | 53.2 | 46.6 | 46.3 | 25.9 | 23.1 | 23.8 | 18.7 | 19.6 | 19.3 |
2nd | 25.5 | 29.7 | 28.1 | 28.9 | 33.3 | 29.7 | 21.8 | 27.7 | 24.2 |
3rd | 15.4 | 16.0 | 17.7 | 29.5 | 29.9 | 32.3 | 34.3 | 34.0 | 38.1 |
4th | 5.9 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 25.3 | 18.7 | 18.4 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Total (mn.) | 51.3 | 50.4 | 54.7 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 14.5 | 175,915 | 222,590 | 339,879 |