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Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota
Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015471
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Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?
Howard, Larry L.; Prakash, Nishith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225780
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Is Caste Destiny? Occupational Diversification among Dalits in Rural India
Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The caste system – a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy – distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646335
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Earnings Inequality in India: Has the Rise of Caste and Religion Based Politics in India Had an Impact?
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Chakrabarty, Manisha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
state and federal levels in India. As a consequence, significant intercaste and inter-religion differences in earnings have …-religion earnings in India during the 1987-99 period, using the 43rd and 55th rounds of National Sample Survey (NSS). Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763613
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The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Valente, Christine; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700920
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Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in India
Azam, Mehtabul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper, we examine the intergenerational occupational mobility in India among men born during 1945-85. Following …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128029