  This paper studies gross labour market flows and determinants of labour
market transitions for urban Indian workers using a panel dataset constructed
from Indian Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data for the period 2017--18 to
2019--20. Longitudinal studies based on the PLFS have been hampered by data
problems that prevent a straightforward merging of the 2017--18 and 2018--19
data releases. In this paper, we propose and validate a matching procedure
based on individual and household characteristics that can successfully link
almost all records across these two years. We use the constructed data set to
document a number of stylised facts about gross worker flows and to estimate
the effects of different individual characteristics and work histories on
probabilities of job gain and loss.
