Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota
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- Prakash, Nishith, 2009. "Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota," IZA Discussion Papers 4386, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Prakash, Nishith, 2008. "Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota," MPRA Paper 11010, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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caste; employment; wage differentials; public sector; india;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
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