Education and health outcomes for social minorities in India: An analysis using SUR model

Ganita Bhupal and Abdoul G. Sam

No 124840, 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: The current study analyzes the health and education outcomes of fifteen year old children in India and investigates the question of inequality of such outcomes for socio-religious categories. To study the effect of health on education, SUR estimation has been undertaken. The comparison of SUR and OLS results shows that SUR estimates have smaller standard errors than the OLS estimates. Of the three categories analyzed in the data, STs have worst outcomes for both education and health and SCs lag behind in the health field. The results have important implications for policy regarding education and health of the socio-religious minorities.

Keywords: Health; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.124840

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