Indian Journal of Labour Economics

Vocational education in India has been gaining recognition and quality to bridge the wage gap between skills and employability. The relationship between vocational education and the wages in the Indian economy is complex and multifaceted. Skills mismatch, sectoral nuances, gender imbalances, and geo…

Vocational Education and Training (VET) is an important instrument for human capital development. Since VET programmes are field-specific and expensive, it is crucial to investigate the career of VET graduates post-training. The purpose of this paper is to understand the extent to which Indian VET g…

In a number of countries, youth unemployment is a pressing concern. In India, 54% of the country’s population is below the age of 25 and faces a high rate of (disguised) unemployment. To augment youth employment, the Government of India has launched a number of skills training programs. This paper d…

Building on the canonical model of skill-biased technical change to incorporate differential effects of technology and international trade on the skill composition of occupations, the paper employs a task-based approach to analyze structural changes in regional employment within a rich vocational ed…

In the global production network scenario, the nature of skills demanded by the firms cannot be met by general and technical education alone. This limitation can be overcome to a large extent when firms provide training to their employees. In this context, we examine the provision of firm level trai…

This paper begins by describing the nature of problems encountered by the present system of providing 'vocational' education to the youth in India. It then proceeds to describe the vocational education in place in Germany and Japan in particular, and the contrasting experience of South Korea to some…