Caste-based quotas in hiring have existed in the public sector in India for decades. Recently there has been debate …

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 …

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 …