| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7393562 | World Development | 2015 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
The last two decades of high economic growth in India has been accompanied by increasing economic inequality. The rise in inequality raises concerns about fall in opportunities for social mobility. This paper examines changes in intergenerational occupational mobility for males in India over three decades (1983-2012). Once we control for changes in occupational structure across the years, we find a decline in intergenerational occupational mobility during 1983-2012 in India. However, the decline in intergenerational occupational mobility was sharper for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, historically deprived sections of the Indian population, than for non-Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
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Authors
A. Bheemeshwar Reddy,