Growth, employment, and employability in India: a gendered outlook

Mona Khare and Sonam Arora

Chapter 10 in Mass Higher Education and the Changing Labour Market for Graduates, 2024, pp 231-249 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Education becomes an important instrument of growth in both the chains - from economic growth to human development and vice versa. Despite impressive economic growth, the situation of graduate unemployment, jobless growth, and regional disparities in India has worsened since 2011-12. Economic growth is dependent on productivity (employment) and productivity is affected by education and skills. Women’s employment and access to high-quality work are important elements of inclusive and sustainable economic growth. India has recorded an increase in formal employment of women higher education graduates and better employability skills but gender segregations in access to economic opportunities reinforce overall gender differences. This chapter examines the relationship between economic growth, employment, and employability indicators from a gender perspective and segregates the major Indian states based on their performance during 2004-05 to 2017-18. The gender gaps in employment show that fostering economic growth is a necessary but not sufficient condition to attain gender equality in the Indian labour market.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Education; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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