Trade across countries in the world has assumed a new dimension with the emergence of global value chains (GVCs). GVCs are associated with trade in intermediate parts and components being processed and assembled in multiple countries. The current article analyses the impact of India’s participation in GVCs on the wage gap between male and female workers. Dearth of studies exploring this issue in the Indian context is a motivation for the current research. India’s participation in GVCs is measured by two indicators—domestic value added in intermediate goods as a share of gross exports (DVAXINT) and foreign value-added share of gross exports (FVAX). Both pooled and panel regression analyses based on secondary sources of data suggest that none of the indicators of GVCs have been helpful in improving the relative wages of female workers in India.

JEL Codes: C33, F14, F16, F23

随着全球价值链 (GVC) 的出现，世界各国之间的贸易呈现出新的维度。全球价值链与在多个国家加工和组装的中间零件和组件的贸易有关。本文分析了印度参与全球价值链对男女工人工资差距的影响。缺乏在印度背景下探索这个问题的研究是当前研究的动机。印度对全球价值链的参与是通过两个指标来衡量的——中间产品的国内增加值占出口总额的份额 (DVAXINT) 和外国增值占出口总额的份额 (FVAX)。基于二手数据的汇总和面板回归分析表明，全球价值链的指标都没有有助于提高印度女工的相对工资。

JEL 代码： C33、F14、F16、F23