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Social identity and perceived income adequacy
Goel, Deepti; Deshpande, Ashwini - 2018
Economists are increasingly interested in subjective well-being, but the economic literature on perceptions of income … between caste identity and actual earnings. We find that caste identity does shape both perceptions of income adequacy as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131000
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Caste and wealth inequality in India
Zacharias, Ajit; Vakulabharanam, Vamsi - 2009
In this paper, we conduct the novel exercise of analyzing the relationship between overall wealth inequality and caste divisions in India using nationally representative surveys on household wealth conducted during 199192 and 200203. According to our findings, the groups in India that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266494
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The informal labour market in India : transitory or permanent employment for migrants?
Shonchoy, Abu S.; Junankar, Pramod N. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-27
sector as a temporary location before moving on to the organised or formal sector to improve their lifetime income and living …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010389586
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Disadvantage and discrimination in self-employment : caste gaps in earnings in Indian small businesses
Deshpande, Ashwini; Sharma, Smriti - In: Small business economics : an entrepreneurship journal 46 (2016) 2, pp. 325-346
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011618681
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The informal labour market in India: Transitory or permanent employment for migrants?
Shonchoy, Abu S.; Junankar, P. N. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 3 (2014), pp. 1-27
sector as a temporary location before moving on to the organised or formal sector to improve their lifetime income and living …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603701
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Social Identity and Perceived Income Adequacy
Goel, Deepti; Deshpande, Ashwini - 2018
Economists are increasingly interested in subjective well-being, but the economic literature on perceptions of income … between caste identity and actual earnings. We find that caste identity does shape both perceptions of income adequacy as well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874301
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Social Identity and Aspiration - Double Jeopardy or Intersectionality? Evidence from Rural India
Sarkar, Sudipa; Chakravorty, Bhaskar; Lyonette, Clare - 2020
) - have significantly lower income aspiration when compared to Other Backward Class (OBC) and Other Caste (OC) participants … their lower income aspiration levels, in comparison with all other groups. Thus, our results support the hypothesis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317746
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Social Identity and STEM Choice: Evidence from Higher Secondary Schooling in India
Kumar, Anand; Sahoo, Soham - 2021
This paper investigates the role of social identity, namely gender and caste of individuals, in stream choice at the higher secondary level of schooling in India. We analyze the choice of science stream that is a crucial determinant of subsequent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012594718
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Social identity and STEM choice : evidence from higher secondary schooling in India
Kumar, Anand; Sahoo, Soham - 2021
This paper investigates the role of social identity, namely gender and caste of individuals, in stream choice at the higher secondary level of schooling in India. We analyze the choice of science stream that is a crucial determinant of subsequent science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596031
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The informal labour market in India : transitory or permanent employment for migrants?
Shonchoy, Abu S.; Junankar, P. N. - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
improve their lifetime income and living conditions. We limit our study to the Indian urban (non-agricultural) sector and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757626