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Author Majumder, Rajarshi.

Title Intergenerational mobility : a study of social classes in India / Rajarshi Majumder
Published New Delhi ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 85 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series SpringerBriefs in economics, 2191-5504
SpringerBriefs in economics.
Contents Introduction -- Education and Occupation in India -- Intergenerational Mobility -- Inertia Across Generations -- Regional Dimensions of Mobility -- Intergenerational Mobility: Micro Level Study -- State Support and Occupational Change -- Conclusion
Summary Discrimination and exclusion in the process of capability formation and the labor market transcend the boundaries of the current generation and spill over to successive generations as well. Though a plethora of work has been done at the international level, the area has not been the focus of Indian economic research despite social exclusion and disparity having been quite substantial in India, especially the division along caste lines. The book addresses this research gap and explores the issue of intergenerational mobility across different social classes in the Indian context, analyzing the spheres of both education and occupation. We contend that parental education and occupation have a significantly greater impact on educational attainment and occupational choice for socially excluded groups compared to the advanced groups. In the labor market, intergenerational mobility is low and most of it is lateral and not vertical, increasing the possibility of discrimination in the labor market. This book highlights the fact that the long history of social exclusion has had a lasting effect and it is very difficult to come out of this inertia
Analysis Economics
Development Economics
Labor economics
Economics/Management Science
Social Structure, Social Inequality
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Economics -- India -- Sociological aspects
Social classes -- India
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
Science économique.
Affaires.
Economics -- Sociological aspects
Social classes
India
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788132211303
8132211308
8132211294
9788132211297
9781299701823
1299701825