The theme of this book is health outcomes in India, in particular to outcomes relating to its caste and religious groups and, within these groups, to their women and children. The book’s tenor is analytical and based upon a rigorous examination of recent data from both government and...

1. The Labour Market in India -- 2. Labour Market Inequality -- 3. Discrimination and Jobs Reservation -- 4. Caste, Gender, and Occupational Outcomes -- 5. Job Contracts -- 6. Wage Inequality -- 7. The Way Forward

This paper analyses inequality and poverty in India within the context of caste-based discrimination. It does so by decomposing the difference between (caste) Hindu and Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) households in: their average household incomes; their probabilities of being in...