Barriers or catalysts? Traditional institutions and social mobility in rural India

Vegard Iversen, Anustup Kundu, Rahul Lahoti and Kunal Sen

No wp-2023-124, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We examine how village-level social group dominance affects the educational and occupational mobility of minority and other social groups in rural India across multiple generations. We distinguish between upper caste and own-group dominance and examine the mechanisms underpinning inequality in mobility outcomes. We find inequality in upward educational mobility to have significantly narrowed over time, with Scheduled Castes doing better in upper caste- and own-dominated villages, while Scheduled Tribes and Muslims do worse in own-dominated villages.

Keywords: Educational mobility; Occupational mobility; Caste; Land; India; Land tenure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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