02233nam a22001697a 4500999001900000008004100019100005400060245008100114260004500195300003600240520152700276650008201803773004501885906001501930942000701945952011101952  c515592d515592210202b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKuriakose , Francis andIyer, Kylasam Deepa924047  aJob polarisation in India: Structural causes and policy implications Authors  aThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics    a63(2), Apr-Jun, 2020: p.247-266  aAutomation impacts wage levels at the micro-level and the structure of employment at the macro-level. Job polarisation is defined as the automation of ‘middle-skilled’ jobs that require routine cognitive and manual applications, whilst high- and low-skilled occupations are preserved. This paper examines the nature of job polarisation in India during the period 1983–2012 when Indian manufacturing sector was being automated. The research uses disaggregated data from National Sample Survey Office and examines the impact of supply-side factors such as nature of employment and presence of educated labour force. The study has three observations. First, the increased demand for high-skilled workers in the formal manufacturing sector is due to skill bias of technology and conforms to theoretical expectation. Second, the transition of agricultural labourers to low-skilled manufacturing sectors such as construction and textiles signals distress in traditional manufacturing sector to provide employment to these groups. Third, the over-supply of secondary and tertiary educated labour force has resulted in the squeezing out of middle-skilled workers from middle-skilled jobs to relatively low-skilled manufacturing and service occupations. This explains the persistence of routine occupations even after automation. The study concludes that in the Indian manufacturing sector, increased demand for high- and low-skilled jobs has coexisted with the middle-skilled jobs due to supply-side factors. – Reproduced   aEmployment, Job polarization, Supply-side factors, Manufacturing,India921280  aThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics    aAUTOMATION  cAR  00102ddc40709389663aIIPAbIIPAd2021-02-02h63(2), Apr-Jun, 2020: p.247-266pAR124024r2021-02-02yAR