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(1/5) Urban India: Regional Variation in labour force participation, 2017-18. Our, @DhanarajSowmya @sankalpsharmaa initial work.
1. An unexplored insight: A wide variation in men LFPR after the age of 50
2. A known fact: A wide variation in women LFPR among between 30-50 yrs
1. An unexplored insight: A wide variation in men LFPR after the age of 50
2. A known fact: A wide variation in women LFPR among between 30-50 yrs
(2/5) Urban India: LFPR 2017-18
1. At 60 yrs around 80% of men in Bihar & Jharkhand are in LF while <50% in Karnataka, Gujarat, TN & Maharashtra
2. >40% of women in Kerala, AP, TN & Karnataka are in LF in 30-50 yrs while it's just about 15% for Bihar, UP, Jharkhand, and Haryana
1. At 60 yrs around 80% of men in Bihar & Jharkhand are in LF while <50% in Karnataka, Gujarat, TN & Maharashtra
2. >40% of women in Kerala, AP, TN & Karnataka are in LF in 30-50 yrs while it's just about 15% for Bihar, UP, Jharkhand, and Haryana
(3/5) Urban India: Men LFPR Hypotheses
1. Higher informality, lower income & higher share of single earner households delay retirement (Bihar, Jharkhand)
2.Higher formality (60 legal retirement age), higher share of double income households (TN, Karnataka) mean more retire by 60
1. Higher informality, lower income & higher share of single earner households delay retirement (Bihar, Jharkhand)
2.Higher formality (60 legal retirement age), higher share of double income households (TN, Karnataka) mean more retire by 60
(4/5) Employment & its quality is the most critical issue facing India. What to expect posts-COVID? Tagging for your views. @AshwDeshpande @CafeEconomics @_alice_evans @amitbasole @rosaabraham6 @Divya_Pandey4 @MadhulikaKhanna @farzanaafridi @s_anukriti @cherreralmanza
(5/5) @SonaldeDesai @arvindsubraman @SoniaBhalotra @kanmahajan @SurbhiKesar @Rukmini @srajagopalan @pramit_b @arjun_jayadev
