The effectiveness of jobs reservation: Caste, religion and economic status in India

Development and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-445

  Borooah, Vani K ^a   Dubey, Amaresh ^b   Iyer, Sriya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; JOB SEARCH; LABOR POLICY; PROBABILITY; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP; WORKER CASTE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34249845313     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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