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Employment Trends in India

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  • Pradeep Apte
  • Medha Deshpande
  • Vishal Gaikwad

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This article explores the trends in labour force, employment and unemployment from 2000 to 2012 using NSSO data in major Indian states. Most of the states experienced acceleration in employment growth when economic growth was slow during the first quinquennium of the twenty-first century. These trends have reversed during the second quinquennium. The deceleration in growth of employment was driven mainly by decline in female employment in rural areas in almost all the states, and the withdrawal from labour market could not be fully explained in terms of its correlates. This article highlights the need to improve the data on employment and increase its frequency, and also suggests the measures. JEL: J21

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  • Pradeep Apte & Medha Deshpande & Vishal Gaikwad, 2018. "Employment Trends in India," Review of Market Integration, India Development Foundation, vol. 10(2), pages 77-103, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:revmar:v:10:y:2018:i:2:p:77-103
    DOI: 10.1177/0974929218790828
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    Keywords

    Labour force; size of labour force; structure of labour force; female labour; employment size and structure;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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