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Disparity and Discrimination in Labour Market Outcomes in India

A Quantitative Analysis of Inequalities

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Authors:
  1. Vani Kant Borooah

    1. School of Economics & Politics, University of Ulster, Belfast, UK

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  • Provides a comprehensive account of India's labour market

  • Focuses on salient features of labour outcomes such as occupation and wages

  • Results are based on a detailed, multivariate, analysis of survey data from two reputable sources pertaining to the same time period: the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS, 2011) and the National Sample Survey (NSS, 2011-12)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Labour Market in India

    • Vani Kant Borooah
    Pages 1-30

  3. Labour Market Inequality

    • Vani Kant Borooah
    Pages 31-60

  4. Discrimination and Job Reservation

    • Vani Kant Borooah
    Pages 61-95

  5. Caste, Gender, and Occupational Outcomes

    • Vani Kant Borooah
    Pages 97-131

  6. Job Contracts

    • Vani Kant Borooah
    Pages 133-161

  7. Wage Inequality

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    Pages 163-195

  8. The Way Forward

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    Pages 197-211

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 213-218
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About this book

“The author has done a service to this line of study by collating and analysing a novel dataset in a manner that is going to be of use for researchers of the labour market in India, a subject in need of critical enquiry.”
– Shanti Chakravarty, Professor of Economics, Bangor University, Wales, UK


This book deconstructs the dynamics of the job market in an emerging economy (India) that has vast capital resources, addressing a key concern in relation to inequality in the labour market by social groups. The author examines the changing impact of caste on employment opportunity using two sets of large databases, and extends this analysis into religious affiliation and gender. The findings in this book will be of importance to those working in both research and policy, and makes an important contribution through addressing the decomposition of inequality based on disparity and discrimination.


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Economics & Politics, University of Ulster, Belfast, UK

    Vani Kant Borooah

About the author

Vani Kant Borooah is Emeritus Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He has been President of the European Public Choice Society and of the Irish Economic Association. Past books include Health and Well-Being in India (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), The Progress of Education in India (Palgrave Macmillan 2017), Votes, Parties and Seats (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), Europe in an Age of Austerity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and Growth, Unemployment, Distribution and Government (Palgrave Macmillan, 1996).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Disparity and Discrimination in Labour Market Outcomes in India

  • Book Subtitle: A Quantitative Analysis of Inequalities

  • Authors: Vani Kant Borooah

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16264-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16263-4Published: 18 June 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16266-5Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16264-1Published: 09 May 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 218

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Labor Economics, Asian Economics, Ethnicity Studies

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