ERIC Number: EJ1015462
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 39
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Breaking the Caste Barrier: Intergenerational Mobility in India
Hnatkovska, Viktoria; Lahiri, Amartya; Paul, Sourabh B.
Journal of Human Resources, v48 n2 p435-473 Spr 2013
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.)
Descriptors: 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)
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