TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Prakash, Nishith
        TI  - Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota
        PY  - 2009/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4386
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4386
        AB  - The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its effect on labor market outcomes of two distinct minority groups. My main finding is that employment quota significantly in- creases the probability of acquiring a salaried job for one minority group and not the other. Their improved employment outcome is also reflected in their higher household consumption expenditure. Overall, the effects vary within each minority group by education, gender, and geographical location.
        KW  - public sector
KW  - wage differentials
KW  - employment
KW  - caste
KW  - India
        ER  -