Author : Sukhadeo Thorat
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198872259
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Scheduled Castes in the Indian Labour Market by : Sukhadeo Thorat
Download or read book Scheduled Castes in the Indian Labour Market written by Sukhadeo Thorat and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 causes of high unemployment and low wages of the Scheduled Caste workers, and their segregation in low-paid occupations. The authors provide convincing empirical evidence ofdiscrimination in wages and its impact on reduced wage incomes and increase in the poverty of the Scheduled Caste wage workers. Estimation of discrimination in employment, unemployment, and occupation, and its impact on income and poverty of the Scheduled Caste is net addition to the existing knowledge on the subject.