Decomposing Nutritional Inequality by Caste and Class: A Quantitative Approach to Reckon Intersectionality

Achin Chakraborty () and Simantini Mukhopadhyay ()
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Achin Chakraborty: Institute of Development Studies Kolkata
Simantini Mukhopadhyay: Institute of Development Studies Kolkata

Economics Bulletin, 2017, vol. 37, issue 2, 1339-1350

Abstract: We decompose inequality in nutritional status of Indian children along the axes ofcaste and economic class. Inequality is measured by the most commonly decomposed measures of the General Entropy Class. We first use the traditional method of inequality decomposition and find out how the ‘between group' component differs when we consider different groupings, namely caste, class, and caste-class intersections. However, since the traditional method of inequality decomposition is sensitive to the relative sizes and the number of groups under question, the decompositions are not comparable across alternative groupings.In this paper, we use a corrected method of inequality decomposition and show that compared to the traditional method, it is more meaningful even in the non-income space.

Keywords: Inequality Decomposition; Child Nutrition; Caste; Class; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-06-11
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