Structural changes in the employment structure of India in 2012-2020: job upgrading or polarization? - JRC Working Papers Series on
Labour, Education and Technology 2023/06
This paper analyses employment growth across occupations and sectors in India for the period that goes from 2011-12 to 2019-20. Using data from the National Sample Survey Organisation and the Periodic Labour Force Survey, this study finds evidence of mid-upgrading (relatively higher employment growth in low-mid paid and high-paid jobs) in India during the study period, where jobs are ranked using median daily wages in 2011-12. A decomposition analysis reveals that this pattern is due to the employment growth in jobs in Construction, Wholesale & retail trade, and Transport, storage and communication industries in India. The study also finds a reduction in the employment share of routine task intensive occupations along with a growth in employment in non-routine task intensive occupations (both manual and cognitive) in both rural and urban India.
SARKAR Sudipa;
TORREJON PEREZ Sergio;
Sarkar, S. and Torrejon Perez, S., Structural changes in the employment structure of India in 2012-2020: job upgrading or polarization - JRC Working Papers Series on Labour, Education and Technology 2023/06, European Commission, 2023, JRC134322.
2023-07-14
European Commission
JRC134322
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