Scheduled Castes in the Indian Labour Market: Employment Discrimination and Its Impact on Poverty

by S Madheswaran, B P Vani, Sukhadeo Thorat

This study offers insight into the discriminatory workings of the labour market and its unequal outcomes with respect to employment, wages, and occupations, and its impact on the poverty of Scheduled Caste wage workers in India. It develops an understanding of the persistence of caste inequality in employment, wages, and occupations between the Scheduled Caste and the higher castes in the private and public sectors in India. It also identifies the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198872259
• ISBN13: 9780198872252
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.2"