Revisiting Inequality
Theoretical and Methodological Advances with Empirical Examples from India
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- English
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Revisiting Inequality
Theoretical and Methodological Advances with Empirical Examples from India
About this book
This volume discusses the current state of knowledge on the conceptual understanding of inequality. The book poses a range of empirical puzzles in the Indian context and examines inequalities across categories of the region of residence, caste, and sex, using a fascinating range of outcome indicators, comprising education, health, earnings, self-employment, and crime.
The empirical chapters of this volume use various large-scale secondary data sources to expose the deep-rooted, structural inequalities in the Indian society. It answers some of the pertinent questions around inequality such as why do the backward regions of India continue to remain backward, both in terms of economic and human development indicators? Why do enterprises owned by backward caste individuals have systematically lower business earnings? Are backward castes and women more likely to face crime when their relative status improves? How do the circumstances that children find given at birth influence their learning outcomes? etc.
The book will be of interest to teachers, students, and researchers of economics of education, development studies, development economics, and Indian economics. It will also be useful for policymakers, academicians, and anyone curious to learn about inequality.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Instrumentality of Inequality
- 3 ‘Inclusiveness’ of Growth in the Light of the Analytics of Optimal Anti-Poverty Budgetary Policy
- 4 A Synthesis of Local and Effective Tax Progressivity Measurement
- 5 How Unequal Are Indian States?
- 6 Unpacking Convergence in Child Undernutrition across the Indian States
- 7 Does Caste Matter in Business Earnings in India?: Comparing States from Three Regions with Different Socio-economic and Political Settings
- 8 Inequality and Crime in India
- 9 Women’s Inheritance Rights in India: Can Legal Reform Precipitate Social Change?
- 10 Inequality of Opportunity in Learning Outcomes for Children in Rural India
- 11 Public Expenditure for Compensation and Equality of Opportunity: Evidence from Indian States
- Index