[PDF] Recasting Economic Inequality Insights into the economic features

Working Paper No. 566 Caste and Wealth Inequality in India

It is widely acknowledged among social scientists that caste is a persistent determinant of power economic inequality

Wealth Inequality Class and Caste in India

https://wid.world/document/n-k-bharti-wealth-inequality-class-and-caste-in-india-1961-2012/

Caste and Tribe Inequality: Evidence from India 1983–1999

It has been recognized in India that low-caste households and tribal minorities suffer disproportionately from poverty. The castes and tribes that were eco-.

Fractal inequality in rural India: class caste and jati in Bihar

3 feb. 2022 sample in the case of Bihar one of India's poorest states where caste has been a persistent driver of inequality. Caste is generally.

Inequality in India: Life Chances and Caste Matters

2 Caste in India remains one of the major axis of stratification and analyzing income inequality for different caste groups can have important theoretical and 

Gender Inequality and Caste: Field Experimental Evidence from India

treatment by caste may further widen gender inequality of doctors' outcomes. India. The evidence of gender and caste discrimination implies potentially ...

Caste Inequality

https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/75669/1/MPRA_paper_75669.pdf

Recasting Economic Inequality

Insights into the economic features of the Indian caste system in its changing economic aspects of caste inequality in independent India.

Caste Inequality

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-9361.2005.00284.x

Tackling inequality in India Is the 2019 election campaign up to the

9 ian. 2019 Wealth inequality largely intersects with caste inequal- ities. Indeed Scheduled Castes (SC)

Is inequality a product of caste structure?

This paper discusses the fact that inequality in India is the product of the caste structure prevailing in the society. It tries to underline the fact that the caste structure is responsible for the distribution of rights and privileges among 82 percent of the Indian population known as Hindus.

What is the caste system in India?

There is, first, the caste system, which stratifies Hindus, who constitute 80% of India's population, into mutually exclusive caste groups, membership of which is determined entirely by birth. Very broadly, one can think of four subgroups: brahmins; kshatriyas; vaisyas; and sudras.

Are Indians a lower caste?

Most Indians (68%) identify themselves as members of lower castes, including 34% who are members of either Scheduled Castes (SCs) or Scheduled Tribes (STs) and 35% who are members of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) or Most Backward Classes.

Is there caste discrimination in India?

Generally, people belonging to lower castes share the perception that there isn’t widespread caste discrimination in India. For instance, just 13% of those who identify with OBCs say there is a lot of discrimination against Backward Classes.