蝌蚪网 Journal:
Applied Economics
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Castes and Labor Mobility
蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 4,
no. 2, April 2012
(pp. 274–307)
Abstract
We examine the relative fortunes of the historically disadvantaged scheduled castes and tribes (SC/ST) in India in terms of their education attainment, occupation choices, consumption and wages. We study the period 1983-2005 using household survey data from successive rounds of the National Sample Survey. We find that this period has been characterized by a significant convergence of education, occupation distribution, wages and consumption levels of SC/STs toward non-SC/ST levels. Using various decomposition approaches we find that the improvements in education account for a major part of the wage and consumption convergence. (JEL I24, O15, O17, Z13)Citation
Hnatkovska, Viktoria, Amartya Lahiri, and Sourabh Paul. 2012. "Castes and Labor Mobility." 蝌蚪网 Journal: Applied Economics 4 (2): 274–307. DOI: 10.1257/app.4.2.274Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I24 Education and Inequality
- O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Social and Economic Stratification