Protective labor and its correlates: A statistical portrait.

Nath, Paaritosh and Jayadev, Arjun (2023) Protective labor and its correlates: A statistical portrait. In: Internal Security in India: Violence, Order, and the State. Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 282-304. ISBN 9780197660379

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Abstract

This chapter describes the evolution of the security worker landscape in India and identifies some of the correlates of protective security work. Over the past twenty-four years, protective security work has grown at a rapid pace, particularly in the private sector, although the public sector continues to remain an important employer. Protective security work varies substantially across geographical regions and social identity groups. A typical security worker is noted to be slightly older than the average worker, disproportionately male, and earns higher than average wages if employed in the public sector. The average private security worker, on the other hand, belongs to the “doorkeeper” category and has lower than average wages and skill. Of some of the obvious correlates of the extent of protective services in the labor force, only urbanization appears to be a robust correlate, suggesting that growth in protective service work may be driven by the rapid changes occurring in urban India. We end by considering some welfare implications.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Nath, Paaritosh and Jayadev, Arjun
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Ahuja, Amit UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kapur, Devesh UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	protective security work, security workers, private security industry, security guard, urbanization
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Communities > Planning and development > Development > Urban development Social sciences > Economics > Labor economics History & geography > History of Asia > India and neighboring south Asian countries
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6975
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso%2F9780197660331.003.00...

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