. India dominates EB-2 and European countries EB-1. (2) The ethnicity portfolio contains more languages than religions. (3 …

In the context of strikingly low literacy rates among Indian women and low caste population, the paper explores whether … and the capitalists. We distinguish the dominant elite from the minority elite (i.e., elected women and low caste …

exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its …

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …

The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims … literature that debates the importance of socioeconomic status (SES) in determining health and survival. They augment a growing …

caste status and occupational segregation that has existed historically in India. We find evidence that the occupational …The caste system - a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy - distinguishes India from most other societies …. Among the most distinctive factors of the caste system is the close link between castes and occupations, especially in rural …

state and federal levels in India. As a consequence, significant inter-caste and inter-religion differences in earnings have …Since 1989, there has been a sharp increase in the role of caste and religion in determining political fortunes at both … unexplored. We address this lacuna in the literature, and explore the determinants of the differences in inter-caste and inter …