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A Note on Unemployment and Its Measurement in India

In: Perspectives on Inclusive Policies for Development in India

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  • Sripad Motiram

    (University of Massachusetts)

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This paper sheds light on unemployment in India by drawing on literature that takes the connections between poverty measurement and the measurement of unemployment seriously and develops distribution sensitive measures. I first summarize the insights from this literature and discuss a distribution sensitive measure of unemployment from my previous work. I then present estimates of unemployment for India and various states using the above measure and an official measure (Current Weekly Status). These estimates are high both at the all-India level and for several states and union territories. Using decomposition analysis, I show that younger people contribute substantially and disproportionately to overall Indian unemployment. These findings underscore the gravity of unemployment in India, particularly among educated youth.

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  • Sripad Motiram, 2022. "A Note on Unemployment and Its Measurement in India," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: Saiyed Raza Hashim & Rahul Mukherji & Brajaraja Mishra (ed.), Perspectives on Inclusive Policies for Development in India, pages 285-296, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-981-19-0185-0_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-0185-0_14
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