Impact of caste on the Indian labour market: What dostate-based studies indicate

Abstract

Most of the labour market discrimination studies focus on the All India analysis. India is a diverse country with diverse socio- economic aspects for each state. Caste and religious identity transpires into the social and economic life of each state in its’ own unique ways. This is an enquiry into wage differences of various social groups in each of these states. This being an introductory analysis, does not give a detailed wage gap analysis. The study concludes that, even most economically advanced states shows very high wage discrimination based.