abstract: 'India has the world''s biggest and arguably most aggressive

  employment-based affirmative action policy for minorities. This paper

  exploits the institutional features of a federally mandated employment

  quota policy to examine its causal impact on the economic lives of the

  two distinct minority groups (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes). My

  main finding is that a 1-percentage point increase in the employment

  quota for Scheduled Castes increases the likelihood of obtaining a

  salaried job by 0.6-percentage points for male Scheduled Caste members

  residing in the rural sector. The employment quota policy has no impact

  for Scheduled Tribes. Contrary to popular notion, I do not find evidence

  of ``elite-capture{''''} among the Scheduled Castes - the impact is

  concentrated among members who have completed less than secondary

  education. Consistent with the employment results, I find that the

  policy improved the well-being of Scheduled Castes members in rural

  areas who have completed less than secondary education. Finally, the

  impact of the employment quota policy varies by state characteristics.

  (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Prakash, N (Corresponding Author), Univ Connecticut, Dept Econ, 365
  Fairfield Way,Oak Hall, Storrs, CT 06269 USA.

  Prakash, N (Corresponding Author), Univ Connecticut, Human Rights Inst, 365 Fairfield
  Way,Oak Hall, Storrs, CT 06269 USA.

  Prakash, Nishith, Univ Connecticut, Storrs, CT USA.

  Prakash, Nishith, IZA, Bonn, Germany.

  Prakash, Nishith, HiCN, Bonn, Germany.

  Prakash, Nishith, GLO, Bonn, Germany.

  Prakash, Nishith, CReAM, Bonn, Germany.'
author: Prakash, Nishith
author-email: nishith.prakash@uconn.edu
author_list:
- family: Prakash
  given: Nishith
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2020.10.017
eissn: 1879-1751
files: []
issn: 0167-2681
journal: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR \& ORGANIZATION
keywords: 'Employment quota; Scheduled Castes; Scheduled Tribes; Consumption

  expenditure; Public sector; India'
keywords-plus: 'CIVIL-RIGHTS ACT; AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION; LABOR-MARKET; POLICY; CALIFORNIA;

  LAW'
language: English
month: DEC
number-of-cited-references: '39'
orcid-numbers: Prakash, Nishith/0000-0001-8046-5593
pages: 494-509
papis_id: 492ac50496fe37fd8ccb0057b11ca2a0
ref: Prakash2020impactemployment
times-cited: '4'
title: The impact of employment quotas on the economic lives of disadvantaged minorities
  in India
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000609237200025
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
volume: '180'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2020'