education, experience and industry variables have important, variable and differing impacts upon both participation and income …

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 …

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of scheduled caste (SC) and …

Affirmative action has been at the heart of public policies towards the socially disadvantaged in India. Compensatory …