Economy of Kerala: Difference between revisions

The [[Unemployment]] rate of Kerala is higher than the national average of India.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web|url=https://spb.kerala.gov.in/economic-review/ER2017/web_e/ch412.php?id=41&ch=412|title=Human Resources- Employment (2017)|website=spb.kerala.gov.in|publisher=Kerala State Planning Board, Thiruvananthapuram}}</ref>  The structure of unemployment and job seekers in the southwestern state of [[Kerala]] varies significantly from the rest of [[India]]. K. P. Kannan, a developement economist in Kerala, calls it as Educated Unemployment, in which a person can't find desired job according to his educational qualification.<ref name="TNM">{{Cite news|title=Kerala’s unemployment rate among youth rises to 40.5%: Here’s why|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-s-unemployment-rate-among-youth-rises-405-here-s-why-143614|last=Kuttappan|first=Rejimon|date=17 February 2021|access-date=19 June 2021|work=The News Minute}}</ref> Other varying factor of Kerala with respect to rest of India is the higher number of female job seekers with respect to its male counterpart. More than 60% of the total job seekers in Kerala are women, with most of them are well-educated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://employment.kerala.gov.in/statistics/|title=Employment statistics|website=employment.kerala.gov.in|publisher=Government of Kerala}}</ref> It is also seen that the unemployment rate among the women job seekers is much higher than that among the male job seekers.<ref name=":17"/> Around 25% of the [[Postgraduate education|Postgraduates]] are unemployed while nearly 17% of each of those who have attained either a technical degree or vocational training are unemployed.<ref name=":17"/> The [[Workforce|labour force]] utilised for the primary and secondary sectors of the state are mainly the [[Migrant labourers in Kerala]], who come from other states of India, for higher wages.<ref name="TNM"/><ref name="FirstPost-01">{{cite news |last=K |first=Rejimon |title=Left-led Kerala govt will be first in country to provide insurance, free medical treatment for migrant workers |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/left-led-kerala-govt-will-be-first-in-country-to-provide-insurance-free-medical-treatment-for-migrant-workers-3416142.html |work=Firstpost |date=1 May 2017 |access-date=10 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="Unescogym">https://www.unescogym.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Gods-Own-Workforce-CMID-2017.pdf</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://qz.com/684044/can-kerala-learn-to-respect-its-non-resident-millionaires-and-bengali-immigrants-equally/ |title=Election 2016: Can Kerala learn to respect its non-resident millionaires and Bengali immigrants equally? — Quartz |publisher=Qz.com |date=2016-05-16 |access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> A portion of the male workforce of the state have emigrated—mostly to the Gulf countries—in search of better-paying jobs, known as [[Kerala Gulf diaspora]]. However the female work force doesn't do so resulting in higher unemployment rate among the women, who are more than 60% of the total job seekers in Kerala.<ref name="TNM"/><ref name=":17"/>