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

根据新古典经济学家的说法，如果雇主根据性别，种族，年龄，残疾，宗教，种姓等不同对待两个具有同等资格和技能的人，那么劳动力市场就会存在歧视。通过将回归的多项式概率模型应用于国家样本调查办公室数据集，印度劳动力市场。通过将受教育年限（作为技能和能力的指标）作为模型中的自变量，我们发现来自不同种姓和性别群体的受过相同教育的人不太可能获得相似的职业地位，这表明存在歧视。印度劳动力市场。

JEL分类： I31，C31