Structural changes in the employment structure of India in 2012-2020: Job upgrading or polarization?

Arbeitspapier

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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: JRC Working Papers Series on Labour, Education and Technology ; No. 2023/06

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: employment change ; job polarization ; technological change ; India

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Sarkar, Sudipa ; Torrejón Pérez, Sergio
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
• (where): Seville
• (when): 2023

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/283099
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET