Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283099 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
JRC Working Papers Series on Labour, Education and Technology No. 2023/06
Publisher: 
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Seville
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
employment change
job polarization
technological change
India
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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