This course will introduce young researchers to the basic concepts of labor economics and its condition in India. The course will also introduce these researchers to how to analyze the condition of the Indian labour market over the years with the help of national-level data in the statistical software STATA.
Understanding the fundamental concepts of the economics of labour
Introduction to important national-level labour surveys in India such as National Sample Survey (NSS), Periodic labour Force Survey (PLFS) and All-India Time use Survey
Introduction to STATA programming language
Hands-on experience of labour data analysis using STATA
Any individual who:
20 hours instructor-led, self learning program
2 assignment
Multiple Case Studies
Digital office hours + teaching assistant + lifetime recording access on LMS.
Industry event invitations + student network access
Support for Resume building & interview skills.
Overview of the course
Introduction to Employment and Unemployment Survey data of National Sample Survey (NSS) Organization
Introduction to Periodic labour Force Survey Data
Overview of the variables collected in these two datasets
Definition of principal status, subsidiary status, usual adjusted status, current daily status and current weekly status of employment
Introduction to STATA
Extraction of NSS and PLFS data in STATA
Append and merge of datasets in STATA
Calculation of Labour force participation, Workforce participation, unemployment rate, proportion unemployed
Concepts of status of employment – self-employment, regular worker and casual labour and other activity status
Calculation of status of employment and activity status from data in STATA
Classification of employment by Industry and occupation – National Industrial Classification and National Classification of Occupation
Calculation of industry and occupation-wise employment in STATA
Identifying working condition with the help of social security benefit, job contract, paid leave, enterprise type, etc and its calculation with the data
Concept of formal and informal sector
Concept of formal and informal employment
Calculation of formal and informal sector an employment from NSS and PLFS data
Concepts of socio-economic factors affecting employment
Concepts of socio-economic factors affecting employment - Continuation
Wages and income of the regular worker, casual labour and self-employment
Calculating of average wage and income of the workers and gender gap
Difference between the NSS data and PLFS data
Introduction to All-India time use survey data
Identification of paid and unpaid work
Hands on practise of different calculation in with the help of NSS and PLFS data
Discussion on recent literature on Indian labour market
Continuation of data calculation with NSS and PLFS data and their interpretation
Doubt clearing session
MDAE alumni working in diverse roles across leading companies.
Arushi Mishra
Data Consultant
Vallari Naik
Trainee Decision Scientist
Pooja Joshi
Senior Research Analyst
Nishitha Mehta
Risk Analyst
Swati Shrimali
Business Analyst
Ujas Shah
Research Analyst
Including GST
(1 Course | 20 Hours)
(Certificate Program on Economics of Labour )