Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282720 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16593
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the demand for skills by using text analysis methods on job descriptions in a large volume of ads posted on an online Indian job portal. We make use of domain-specific unlabeled data to obtain word vector representations (i.e., word embeddings) and discuss how these can be leveraged for labor market research. We start by carrying out a data-driven categorization of required skill words and construct gender associations of different skill categories using word embeddings. Next, we examine how different required skill categories correlate with log posted wages as well as explore how skills demand varies with firm size. We find that female skills are associated with lower posted wages, potentially contributing to observed gender wage gaps. We also find that large firms require a more extensive range of skills, implying that complementarity between female and male skills is greater among these firms.
Subjects: 
text analysis
online job ads
gender
skills demand
machine learning
JEL: 
J16
J23
J31
J63
J71
L2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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