Household Income Mobility in India: 1993-2011

Mehtabul Azam

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Abstract: Using nationally representative longitudinal survey, the paper examines the income mobility among rural (urban) Indian households over 1993-2004 and 2004-2011 (2004-2011). The paper finds mobility estimates that mirror the social hierarchy: Forward Hindu Caste (FHC) households experienced the highest (lowest) upward (downward) mobility. Considerable gaps between FHC households and households from the disadvantaged social groups remain in upward/downward mobility even after controlling for households characteristics. The paper finds lower conditional gaps in both upward/downward mobility in rural India for the disadvantaged groups (except for Muslims) over 2004-2011 compared to 1993-2004. For Muslims, the gaps in downward mobility increased over 2004-11 compared to 1993-2004.

Keywords: intra-generational; income mobility; social groups; scheduled castes/tribes; India. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-11
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Journal Article: Household income mobility in India, 1993–2011 (2022)
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