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

Sudipa Sarkar () and Sergio Torrejón Pérez
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Sudipa Sarkar: National Law School of India University (NLSIU)

No 2023-06, JRC Working Papers on Labour, Education and Technology from Joint Research Centre

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.

Keywords: employment change; job polarization; technological change; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2023-07
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