caste and religious identities in India, and how that has changed over time. I use data from seven different rounds of … National Sample Survey (NSS) to investigate the wage differences that accrue due to different caste and religious identities. I … find that Indian Muslim men earn slightly lower wages compared to their upper-caste Hindu counterparts, and this difference …

documents and analyses this seeming puzzle. The religion gap in survival is much larger than the gender gap but, in contrast to …The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims … the gender gap, it has not received much political or academic attention. A decomposition of the survival differential …

This paper documents the extent of inequality of educational opportunity in India spanning the period 1983–2004 using … of opportunity. We also examine the links between progress toward equality of opportunity and a selection of pro …

documents and analyses this seeming puzzle. The religion gap in survival is much larger than the gender gap but, in contrast to …The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims … the gender gap, it has not received much political or academic attention. A decomposition of the survival differential …

with regard to caste and class and the exclusion of the creamy layer, or the well-off, among them. Controversies apart, OBC … government jobs for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in India. It discusses the progression and ramifications of these policies … Independence. Most of the disputes relate to the classification of beneficiaries in terms of social and economic discrimination …