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The Skills Space in Informal Work: Insights from Bangalore Slums.

We develop a framework for mapping and analysing informal worker skills using microdata from nearly 1500 workers residing in the slums of Bangalore, India. Alongside econometric modelling, we employ machine learning techniques to explore relationships between skills crowdsourced from respondents. We...

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Published in:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 57; no. 10; pp. 1662 - 1690
Main Authors: Sengupta, Nandana, Gaurav, Sarthak, Evans, James
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2021
Subjects:
Bengaluru (India)
Slums
Social skills
Gender
Wages
Labor market
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