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

exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its … group by education, gender, and geographical location. -- Caste ; employment ; wage differentials ; public sector ; India …

minorities (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) in India on their occupational choices, as defined by skill level, during the … quota ; occupational choice ; skill ; caste ; India …

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why …

India's colonial legacy and linguistic diversity give English an important role in its economy, and this role has …-language skills in India, but the extent of these returns is unknown due to lack of a microdata set containing measures of both … earnings and English ability. In this paper, we use a newly available data set - the India Human Development Survey, 2005 - to …

state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in India that arises from national policies that cause …

of methodological approaches - factor content, growth accounting and econometric modelling. We also compare India …

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 …

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 …