Breaking the Caste Barrier: Intergenerational Mobility in India

Autor/inn/en	Hnatkovska, Viktoria; Lahiri, Amartya; Paul, Sourabh B.
Titel	Breaking the Caste Barrier: Intergenerational Mobility in India
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 48 (2013) 2, S.435-473 (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Intergenerational Programs; Generational Differences; Social Class; Barriers; Foreign Countries; Educational Attainment; Career Choice; Salary Wage Differentials; National Surveys; Mobility; Disadvantaged; Social Discrimination; Occupational Mobility; Educational Mobility; Social Mobility; Desegregation Effects; Comparative Analysis; Comparable Worth; Desegregation Methods; Socioeconomic Status; Regression (Statistics); India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Ausland; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Mobilität; Mobilitätsförderung; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Berufliche Mobilität; Bildungsmobilität; Soziale Mobilität; Lohngerechtigkeit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Indien
Abstract	We contrast the intergenerational mobility rates of the historically disadvantaged scheduled castes and tribes (SC/ST) in India with the rest of the workforce in terms of their education attainment, occupation choices and wages. Using survey data from successive rounds of the National Sample Survey between 1983 and 2005, we find that intergenerational education and income mobility rates of SC/STs have converged to non- SC/ST levels during this period. Moreover, SC/STs have matched non- SC/STs in occupation mobility rates. We conclude that the last 20 years of structural changes in India have coincided with a breaking down of caste- based barriers to socioeconomic mobility. (Contains 32 footnotes, 9 tables, and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10