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COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown and the Indian labour market: Evidence from PLFS 2017-18

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  • Vasavi Bhatt

    (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)

  • Shweta Grover

    (Indian Institute of Management Indore)

  • Ajay Sharma

    (Indian Institute of Management Indore)

Abstract

Using the PLFS 2017-18, this study intends to analyse current labour market from the perspective of COVID-19 pandemic, subsequent lockdown and the expected slowdown in the Indian economy. We intend to explore the questions such as: a) What part of labour market would be largely unaffected from lockdown and expected slowdown? What type of occupations would be the most risky in the wake of social distancing norms? Which are the vulnerable groups of workers in the labour market, that are likely to be the most affected due to the lockdown and its aftermath

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  • Vasavi Bhatt & Shweta Grover & Ajay Sharma, 2020. "COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown and the Indian labour market: Evidence from PLFS 2017-18," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2020-023, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
    • Handle: RePEc:ind:igiwpp:2020-023
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    1. Lauren Hoehn-Velasco & Adan Silverio-Murillo & Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar & Jacob Penglase, 2022. "The impact of the COVID-19 recession on Mexican households: evidence from employment and time use for men, women, and children," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 763-797, September.
    2. Shubhda Arora & Mrinmoy Majumder, 2021. "Where is my home?: Gendered precarity and the experience of COVID‐19 among women migrant workers from Delhi and National Capital Region, India," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(S2), pages 307-320, July.
    3. Goswami, Binoy & Mandal, Raju & Nath, Hiranya K., 2021. "Covid-19 pandemic and economic performances of the states in India," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 461-479.
    4. Shalina Susan MATHEW, 2024. "Working, yet not working: Assessing labour underutilization in India," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 163(1), pages 141-162, March.

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    Keywords

    COVID-19; lockdown; Indian labour market; work from home; decent work;
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    JEL classification:

    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • J80 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - General
    • D69 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Other

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