Caste discrimination in the Indian urban labour market

By B. Banerjee, John Knight. 1985

Subfields: Safety, Robustness & Interpretability

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Re-imagining Algorithmic Fairness in India and Beyond (2021, background): “predictive policing in New Delhi [127], caste [202] and ethnicity [15] biases in job applications, call-center job callbacks [27], castebased wage-gaps [124], caste discrimination in agricultural loans decisions [116], and even in online matrimonial ads [157].”
Smart, Responsible, and Upper Caste Only: Measuring Caste Attitudes through Large-Scale Analysis of Matrimonial Profiles (2019, background): “…by caste through centuries denied individuals in lower caste groups dignity and self respect (Kumar 2010) as well as access to education (Chauhan 2008), job opportunities (Banerjee and Knight 1985), religious institutions (Tejani 2013) and public resources such as water (O’Reilly and Dhanju 2014).”
Socially Aware Bias Measurements for Hindi Language Representations (2021, unknown): “However, it is unclear if the representations capture other biases that are distinct to the Indian society and can cause harm, such as caste and religion related biases.”
Opportunities and Challenges for Artificial Intelligence in India (2018, background): “Sadly it continues to perpetuate discrimination in subversive and invisible ways, affecting wages (Banerjee and Knight 1985), employment (Attewell and Madheswaran 2007), imprisonment rates (National Crime Record Bureau 2016), and access to credit from banks (Kumar 2013).”
Not by Rent Alone: Analysing the Pro-Poor Functions of Small-Scale Fisheries in Developing Countries (2010, unknown): “Discrimination can occur in public institutions, such as the legal system or education and health services, as well as social institutions (household or community, see, for example, Cleaver 2005), but also very often in the private sector through, in particular, the labour market (Banerjee and Knigh”
Education and Women's Labour Market Outcomes in India (2001, result): “The result for caste is surprising in the light of evidence elsewhere that there is caste-based discrimination in wages in urban India (Banerjee & Knight, 1985; Santhapparaj, 1996).”
Caste and the Indian Economy (2019, methodology): “Madheswaran and Attewell (2007) apply the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition to test for caste discrimination with National Sample Survey (NSS) data.”
Castes and Labor Mobility (2012, unknown): “Amongst others, Banerjee and Knight (1985) and Madheswaran and Attewell (2007) have studied the extent of wage discrimination faced by SC/STs in the urban Indian labor market. Borooah (2005) has studied the extent of discrimination in employment in the urban labor market. Ito (2009) studies both wag”