Growth of Indian Cities and "Good" Jobs: Evidence from the 2000s

Rana Hassan, Ji Yiang and Debolina Kundu

India Policy Forum, 2018, vol. 14, issue 1, 241-296

Abstract: This paper seeks to understand the drivers of population growth in Indian cities and to explore how these influence the quality of jobs in cities, as proxied by employment in enterprises with 10 or more workers. It finds that various dimensions of economic activity, including the share of young, formal firms, and better connectivity to other locations, are positively associated with the population growth of cities. These factors are also strongly associated with better quality jobs. Together with a preliminary exercise that suggests that more flexible labor and urban land markets are associated with faster employment growth across cities, the authors take the results to emphasize the importance of cities as centers of production. Policies aiming to make the most out of the Indian urbanization process must be designed accordingly.

Keywords: City Growth; Migration; Human Capital; Market Access; Economic Activity; Economic Census (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O14 O18 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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