The V.B. Singh lecture presentation reviews results from this project which shed light on factors determining trends in inequality in India and Brazil, and in particular, trends in labour market inequality. The research was a collaboration which connected the academic traditions of both countries, and addresses the original concerns of Vir Bahadur Singh, that “wages constitute one of the most neglected categories for economic research,” and in particular wage differentials, and how “unchanging occupational mobility persists like the caste system.
