<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present study contributes to the limited literature on labor mobility in India using the India Human Development Survey panel data for the years 2004–2005 and 2011–2012. We use three different tools, viz., transition matrices, multinomial logistic regression, and wage regressions for this study. The results show significant mobility across sectors in the economy. Mobility patterns among workers are found to differ significantly along the lines of gender, caste, education, wealth, and family background, among others. There is a distress-driven movement of workers. Significant earnings differentials exist across paid work statuses. The paper concludes with some policy suggestions.</p></abstract>

The present study contributes to the limited literature on labor mobility in India using the India Human Development Survey panel data for the years 2004–2005 and 2011–2012. We use three different tools, viz., transition matrices, multinomial logistic regression, and wage regressions for this study. The results show significant mobility across sectors in the economy. Mobility patterns among workers are found to differ significantly along the lines of gender, caste, education, wealth, and family background, among others. There is a distress-driven movement of workers. Significant earnings differentials exist across paid work statuses. The paper concludes with some policy suggestions.

Intragenerational labor mobility in the Indian labor market

IZA Journal of Development and Migration

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The present study contributes to the limited literature on labor mobility in India using the India Human Development Survey panel data for the years 2004–2005...

Intragenerational labor mobility in the Indian labor market

Published Online: Apr 29, 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2020-0006

Keywords
mobility, self-employment, gender, distress-driven employment, transition matrices

© 2020 Bhaskar Jyoti Neog and Bimal Kishore Sahoo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Intragenerational labor mobility in the Indian labor market

Published Online: Apr 29, 2020

Page range: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2020-0006

Keywordsmobility, self-employment, gender, distress-driven employment, transition matrices

© 2020 Bhaskar Jyoti Neog and Bimal Kishore Sahoo, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
mobility, self-employment, gender, distress-driven employment, transition matrices