In this paper we analyze the relevance of characteristics of the income distribution in an aggregate consumption relation. In particular, we use a statistical distributional approach toward aggregation in order to model the aggregate consumption relation of a heterogeneous population, and apply...

Since 1989, there has been a sharp increase in the role of caste in determining political fortunes at both state and federal levels in India. As a consequence, significant inter-caste differences in earnings have the potential to stall the process of economic reforms. Yet, the patterns and...

This paper examines the issue of gender bias in a broader context by constructing a multidimensional index of deprivation of daughters. Using the recently available World Bank LSMS data on the two most populated and poverty ridden states of India, we apply ordered logit regression analysis to...