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Is Caste Destiny? Occupational Diversification Among Dalits in Rural India
Ira N. Gang
Rutgers University - Economics Department; Institute for the Study of
Labor (IZA)
Kunal Sen
University of Manchester
Myeong-Su Yun
Tulane University; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
January 13, 2012
Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper No. 162
Abstract:
The caste system – a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy
– distinguishes India from most other societies. Among the most
distinctive factors of the caste system is the close link between
castes and occupations, especially in rural India, with Dalits or
Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least
well paid and most degrading in terms of manual labor. Along with the
Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty
in India, with poverty rates that are much higher than the rest of the
population. Since independence, the Indian government has enacted
affirmative action policies in educational institutions and public
sector employment for SCs and STs. In addition, there has been an
emergence of political parties that are strongly pro-SC in their
orientation in the more populous states of India. We use five rounds
of all-India employment data from the National Sample Survey
quinquennial surveys from 1983 to 2004 to assess whether these
political and social changes have led to a weakening of the
relationship between low caste status and occupational segregation
that has existed historically in India. We find evidence that the
occupational structure of the SC households is converging to that of
the non-scheduled households. However, we do not find evidence of a
similar occupational convergence for ST households.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 34
Keywords: caste, occupational diversification, poverty, India
Working Paper Series
Date posted: January 14, 2012
Suggested Citation
Gang, Ira N., Sen, Kunal and Yun, Myeong-Su, Is Caste Destiny?
Occupational Diversification Among Dalits in Rural India (January 13,
2012). Brooks World Poverty Institute Working Paper No. 162. Available
at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1984645
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Ira N. Gang (Contact Author)
Rutgers University - Economics Department ( email )
75 Hamilton Street
ECONOMICS, New Jersey Hall, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1248
United States
732-932-7363 (Phone)
732-932-7416 (Fax)
HOME PAGE: http://econweb.rutgers.edu/gang/research
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) ( email )
P.O. Box 7240
Bonn D-53072
Germany
Kunal Sen
University of Manchester ( email )
PO Box 88
Manchester M60 1QD
United Kingdom
Myeong-Su Yun
Tulane University ( email )
New Orleans, LA 70118
United States
504-862-8356 (Phone)
504-865-5869 (Fax)
HOME PAGE: http://www.tulane.edu/~msyun/
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
P.O. Box 7240
Bonn D-53072
Germany
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