This book uses the state-level panel data to identify some of the important correlates of
employment growth elasticity and indicators of quality-employment. To do so it considers a
wide spectrum of variables including physical financial and social infrastructure specific
indicators and government spending in certain key areas. In addition to the aggregate
employment the book also comprises analysis of different sectors regions and gender
categories. Based on the results it identifies crucial determinants which bear important
policy implications. The book presents evidence showcasing how the overall investment climate
and an effective state as envisaged in terms of increased social expenditure are instrumental
to improvements in employment elasticity. The findings also reinforce the role of industry-led
growth and agglomeration economies in contributing to employment growth. Besides based on the
unit-level data from the periodic labour force surveys the book tries to answer a wide range
of questions such as what restricts a person from getting absorbed in a high productivity
activity within a given sector why one is in a casual or self-employed job and not in regular
wage job are casual wage jobs in the informal sector different from those in the formal sector
and why the wage variations exist across sectors and activities. The three rounds of periodic
labour force surveys reflect on certain individual and household characteristics in particular
the role of education is seen to be crucial in determining the occupational choice and the wage
rate. Finally the book focuses on the enterprise-level data and identifies the types of units
which are vulnerable within the unorganized sector. It assesses the links of the unorganized
sector units with their organised sector counterpart and identifies the factors which reduce
the economic viability of the units.
