Brain Drain in India: insights from the LinkedIn data measuring labour connectivity across countries, industries, and skills

1. Brain Drain in India:
insights from the LinkedIn
data measuring labour
connectivity across countries,
industries, and skills
Data from World Bank Group - LinkedIn Digital Data For Development, Jobs, Skills, And Migration Trends

2. What are the
industries gaining
or losing attraction
to labours?
The visualization shows the trends in
employment growth in industries across
six sectors in India in 2018.
Venture Capital & Private Equity,
Investment Management, Wireless are
having the highest employment growth.
Alternative Dispute Resolution,
Information Technology & Service,
outsourcing/offshoring are experiencing
the lowest employment growth.
Entertainment
Animation
PerformingArtsArts&CraftsMusic
Museums&Institutions
FineArtSportsHealth,Wellness&
Fitness
Libraries
Banking
Investm
ent Banking
Capital Markets
Insurance
Financial Services
Investment Management
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Information Technology & Services
Telecommunications
Computer NetworkingNewspapersComputer Games
PublishingBroadcast Media
Computer Software
Media Production
Internet
W
riting
&
Editing
Sem
iconductors
O
nline
M
edia
Com
puter&
Netw
ork
Security
Com
puterHardware
Motion
Pictures&
Film
W
ireless
Printing
Shipbuilding
Plastics
IndustrialAutomation
Pharmaceuticals
trical&ElectronicManufacturing
Automotive
Packaging&Containers
Textiles
Renewables&Environment
Glass,Ceramics&Concrete
FoodProduction
Machinery
Chemicals
Paper&
ForestProducts
Aviation
&
Aerospace
Railroad
M
anufacture
Oil & Energy
Mining & Metals
Alternative Dispute ResolutionOutsourcing/Offshoring
Market Research
Design
Environmental Services
Research
Marketing & Advertising
Public Relations & Communications
Translation & Localization
Legal Services
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Law
Practice
Events Services
Photography
M
anagem
ent Consulting
Inform
ation
Services
ProfessionalTraining
&
Coaching
Veterinary
Architecture&
Planning
Biotechnology
ExecutiveOffice
GraphicDesign
NanotechnologyAccounting

3. United Arab Emirates
Australia
Canada
Germany
New Zealand
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
United States
Labour Connectivity in India (2015)
Net flow: labour outflow from India to other countries
Net flow: labour inflow from other countries to India
Labour Connectivity in India (2015)

4. United Arab Emirates
Australia
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
Ireland Netherlands
Qatar
Singapore
United States
Labour Connectivity in India (2018)Labour Connectivity in India (2018)
Net flow: labour outflow from India to other countries
Net flow: labour inflow from other countries to India

5. The plot is illustrating the labour net flows
across industries when they migrate for
employment between India and other
countries. The circle filled with colors denote
the positive inflows to the industry, while the
hollow ones represent the negative outflows.
And a larger bubble size implies a stronger
inflow/outflow effect.
The result shows there is no strong positive
net inflow effect being observed. All industries
are experiencing brain drain to other
countries.
Note: According to the methodology in the
report, to reduce bias caused by small sample
size, the migration of industry is recorded with
a value only if it has more than 50
observations. Inflow effect is recorded when
the net flow is positive, vise versa.
Which industries
are the labours
transferring to?
Restaurants
Hospitality
Staffing&RecruitingFacilitiesServicesHumanResources
Security&Investigations
BusinessSupplies&Equipment
Leisure,Travel&Tourism
DairyFarming
Gambling&
Casinos
Sports
Health,W
ellness&
Fitness
Entertainm
ent
M
usic
Anim
ation
Construction
Civil Engineering
Building Materials
Higher Education
E−Learning
Primary/Secondary Education
Education Management
Utilities
Investment Management
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Financial Services
Banking
Investment Banking
Insurance
Capital Markets
Medical Practice
Hospital & Health CareMedical DeviceInformation Technology & Services
InternetComputer Networking
Computer Software
Computer Games
Computer & Network Security
Semiconductors
Computer Hardware
Publishing
W
ireless
Telecom
m
unications
W
riting
&
Editing
O
nline
M
edia
M
otion
Pictures
&
Film
BroadcastM
edia
MediaProduction
Newspapers
Printing
Aviation&Aerospace
Shipbuilding
RailroadManufacture
IndustrialAutomation
Defense&Space
Automotive
FoodProduction
Electrical&ElectronicManufacturing
Glass,Ceramics&Concrete
Packaging&Containers
Pharmaceuticals
Paper&ForestProducts
Renewables&Environment
Plastics
Chemicals
Machinery
Textiles
Oil&Energy
Mining&Metals
Philanthropy
ThinkTanks
Non−ProfitOrganizationManagement
InternationalTrade
&
Developm
ent
Individual&
Fam
ily
Services
C
ivic
&
SocialO
rganization
Research
Events Services
M
anagem
ent Consulting
Architecture &
Planning
AccountingDesign
Executive Office
Marketing & Advertising
Information Services
Professional Training & Coaching
Public Relations & CommunicationsLaw PracticeEnvironmental ServicesMechanical or Industrial Engineering
Market Research
Legal Services
Translation & Localization
Outsourcing/Offshoring
Biotechnology
Graphic Design
International Affairs
Public Safety
Public Policy
Government Relations
Government Administration
Law Enforcement
Commercial Real Estate
Real Estate
Airlines/Aviation
Package/Freight Delivery
M
aritim
e
Logistics
&
Supply
C
hain
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Im
port&
Export
Supermarkets
SportingGoodsRetail
Wholesale
Food&BeveragesFurnitureCosmetics
ConsumerElectronics
LuxuryGoods&JewelryConsumerGoodsApparel&Fashion
Wine&Spirits
ConsumerServices

6. How are the skill
flows associated
with labour
migration?
When migrant workers are carrying the
existing skills or obtaining new skills from a
new job opportunity — it induces the
effect of skill migration in terms of net
flows between sending countries and
recipient countries.
The visualization illustrates the effects of
skill inflows (in orange) and outflows (in
green) in Indian labour market in 2018 by
the following five groups: specialized
industry skills, business skills, tech skills,
disruptive tech skills, and soft skills.
Similar to the trends we observed in
labour migration in industries, there is no
record of net skills inflow to India in the
LinkedIn dataset in 2018, while a large
amount of skills are transferred to other
countries.
Skills Outflow in 2018 Skills Inflow in 2018

7. India has a rich asset in labour skills
In order to know whether there is skills gap
in countries comparing to the labour skillsets
at the regional and global level, I compare
the country dataset with the global/regional
dataset and identify the missing value. For
example, the two graphs on the right hand
side map out the skills gap in Bangladesh and
Thailand.
Similar exercise was conducted for India
LinkedIn dataset. And there was no result
generated because there is no value of the
skill gap being observed in India dataset and
the global dataset.
India has a rich asset in labour skills that are
diverse and dynamics across industries –
either from the domestic or international
workers. But the problem is that they are
continuously draining out to other countries.
Note: According to the methodology in the
report, to reduce bias caused by small
sample size, the migration of skill is recorded
with a value only if it has more than 50
observations.
CentralBanks
CompetitiveStrategiesCustomerServiceSystems
DebtCollection
InvestorRelations
PartnerDevelopment
CloudComputing
Nanotechnology
NaturalLanguageProcessing
Collaborative
Style
Persuasion
Agronom
y
Air Traffic Control
Aircraft Management
Anesthesiology
Anthropology
Army
Art History
Bartending
Biomedical Engineering
Botany
Cardiology
Carpentry
ChildcareCommunication Disorders
CompositesConceptual Art
Constitutional Law
CraftsCreativity Skills
Criminal Law
Dance
Dentistry
Derm
atology
Em
ergencyM
edicine
EmploymentLaw
EvolutionaryBiology
FamilyLaw
Fishing
Forestry
Gastroenterology
GeneralSurgery
History
InorganicChemistry
IntellectualPropertyKinesiology
LandscapeArchitecture
Legislation
LibraryScience
Linguistics
Literature
Mining
NationalSecurity
Neurology
NuclearEngineering
NuclearPhysics
O
bstetrics
Oceanography
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Oral Comprehension
Orthopedic SurgeryPaintingPathologyPediatrics
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Plastics
Printing
Professional Cleaning
Property Law
Property Management
Psychiatry
Radio Production
Radiology
Recreation
Religious Studies
Retail Packaging
Sculpture
Sociology
SportsCoaching
Surveying
TaxLaw
Theatre
TranslationUrologyWellnessWholesaleZoologyData−drivenDecisionMaking
HostingServicesSkills gap in Bangladesh
CentralBanks
CustomerServiceSystems
DebtCollection
InvestorRelations
CloudComputing
Nanotechnology
Natural Language
Processing
Collaborative Style
Persuasion
Agronomy
Air Traffic Control
Anesthesiology
Anthropology
Botany
CardiologyCarpentryCommunication Disorders
Composites
Conceptual Art
C
onstitutionalLaw
Dentistry
Dermatology
EvolutionaryBiology
FamilyLaw
Fishing
Forestry
Gastroenterology
GeneralSurgery
History
InorganicChemistry
Kinesiology
Legislation
Linguistics
Neurology
Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear PhysicsObstetricsOphthalmology
Oral Comprehension
Orthopedic Surgery
Pathology
Pediatrics
Professional Cleaning
Property Law
Psychiatry
Radiology
Recreation
SculptureTaxLawUrology
ZoologyData−drivenDecisionMaking
HostingServices
Skills gap in Thailand