This study based on the firm level data for eleven industries for the period ranging from 1998 through 2010 makes an attempt to capture the effect of R&D on employment in the backdrop of the debate on possible tradeoffs between innovation and labour absorption. It also estimates the firm...

Chapter 1. Barriers to Employment: Prelude -- Chapter 2. Employment Elasticity and Its Correlates -- Chapter 3. Barriers to Employment at the Individual Level -- Chapter 4 Unorganized Enterprises in India: Constraints and Prospects.

We conduct a meta-analysis of the effect-size estimates from 9 empirical studies and a narrative synthesis of the qualitative evidence from 53 qualitative studies on the relationship between innovation and employment in low-income countries (LICs). The meta-analysis reveals a positive but small...