Did Employment Rise or Fall in India between 2011 and 2017?

Nath, Paaritosh and Amit, Basole (2021) Did Employment Rise or Fall in India between 2011 and 2017? Economic and Political Weekly, 56 (34). pp. 44-52. ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract

The Periodic Labour Force Survey 2017­–18 data have created a controversy regarding the quantity of employment generated in the past few years in India. Estimates ranging from an absolute increase of 23 million to an absolute decline of 15.5 million have been published. In this paper, we show that some of the variations in estimates can be attributed to how populations are projected based on data from Census 2011. We estimate the change in employment using the cohort–component method of population projection. We show that for men, the total employment rose, but the increase fell far short of the increase in the working age population. For women, employment fell. The decline was concentrated among women engaged in part-time or occasional work in agriculture and construction.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Nath, Paaritosh and Amit, Basole
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Economics > Labor economics > Labor force and market Social sciences > Economics > Labor economics > Labor force and market > Discrimination in employment, labor shortages, unemployment > Unemployment
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Arts and Sciences
Full Text Status:	Restricted
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7424
Publisher URL:	https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/34/special-article...

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