Minority status and labor market outcomes : does india have minority enclaves ? (English)

This paper uses data from the 61st Round of the National Sample Survey to understand the employment outcomes of Dalit and Muslim men in India. It uses a conceptual framework developed for the US labor market that states that ethnic minorities skirt discrimination in the primary labor market to build successful self-employed ventures in the form of ethnic enclaves or ethnic labor markets. The paper uses entry into self-employment for educated minority...
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Das, Maitreyi Bordia.

Minority status and labor market outcomes : does india have minority enclaves ? (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4653 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/632711468035512219

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