Does Education Produce Identical Labour Market Outcomes for All? A Study on India

Anjan Ray Chaudhury and Madhabendra Sinha
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Anjan Ray Chaudhury: Anjan Ray Chaudhury is at the Department of Economics, Durgapur Government College, West Bengal, India, email: anjanr96@gmail.com

Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 2020, vol. 14, issue 3, 309-331

Abstract: According to the neoclassical economists, discrimination exists in the labour market if employers treat two equally qualified and skilled persons differently based on gender, race, age, disability, religion, caste, etc. In this article, we attempt to look at discrimination in the Indian labour market by applying the multinomial probit model of regression to the National Sample Survey Office data set. By taking years of schooling (as an indicator of skill and ability) as an independent variable in the model, we find that identically educated persons from different caste and gender groups are not equally likely to achieve similar occupational status, indicating the existence of discrimination in the Indian labour market. JEL Classifications: I31, C31

Keywords: Labour Market Discrimination; Intersectional Approach; Occupational Status; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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