Recent trends in Jammu and Kashmir's employment landscape: an analysis based on Periodic Labour Force Surveys

• Authors: Vijay Kumar , Bharat Singhal , Sachin Sharma , Babloo Jakhar

Abstracts

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Summary This paper aims to investigate recent employment trends in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir with the help of some key employment indicators such as UR, LFPR, and WPR. Material and methods The findings are based on the unit-level data of the PLFS over the period of 2017-18 to 2021-22. Results The study highlights that the Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) in Jammu & Kashmir in 2021-22 remains high ( at 46.4%) compared to the northern states of Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and all of India’s LFPR as well. The female LFPR in Jammu & Kashmir (at 34.1%) has also shown much better prospects compared to all India levels, which is exceptionally low at 24.8 per cent. Conclusions A continuous improvement in female LFPR and WPR is recorded after the imposition of the President’s Rule in the state. High female WPR positively correlates with factors like a peaceful workplace, workplace security.

Keywords

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workers; labour force; unemployment rate; Employment; PLFS

• Publisher: Akademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II
• Journal: Rozprawy Społeczne
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 121-128

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

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Vijay Kumar

• Department of Economics, Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, Jind, India

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Bharat Singhal

• Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

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Sachin Sharma

• Department of Economics, Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, Jind, India

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Babloo Jakhar

• Department of Economics, Central University of Rajasthan, India

• https://orcid.org/0000000338856421

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Identifiers

DOI

10.29316/rs/168632

Biblioteka Nauki

59445181