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Sarkar, Sudipa (2019) Employment change in occupations in urban India : implications for wage inequality. Development and Change, 50 (5). pp. 1398-1429. doi:10.1111/dech.12461 ISSN 0012-155X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12461
Abstract
This article analyses employment and wage change patterns in India for a period spanning almost three decades, from 1983–84 to 2011–12. Using data from the National Sample Survey Organization, the study finds evidence of job polarization (employment growth in low‐ and high‐skill jobs and decline in middle‐skill jobs) in urban India during the 1990s and 2000s, and employment upgrading in the 1980s. Consistent with the literature on job polarization, the article finds a reduction in employment share in routine task intensive occupations. The author argues that this reduction is a result of both mechanization and technological upgrading within Indian industry. On the other hand, an increase in employment share in both low‐skill and high‐skill occupations is argued to be a result of growing self‐employment and informal sector employment in urban India. The wage change patterns are largely consistent with the employment change patterns. The analysis suggests that structural change in occupation is an important factor for understanding earnings inequality in India.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Work -- Economic aspects -- India, Urban economics -- India, Unskilled labor -- India, Wages -- India | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Development and Change | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0012-155X | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2019 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 50 | ||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1398-1429 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/dech.12461 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Sarkar, S. (2018), Employment Change in Occupations in Urban India: Implications for Wage Inequality. Development and Change. . doi:10.1111/dech.12461, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12461. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 November 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 31 October 2020 |
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