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recent developments in the measurement of socioeconomic inequalities and in racial disparities, we show how these partial …
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This paper examines the relationship between inequality and discrimination. Using a simple model of competitive signaling, this paper shows that income inequality induces discrimination against low-income group. The influence of income is intergenerational, from parents to the children. This...
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India over the last quarter-century, from 1983 to 2009-10, employing data available in the quinquennial 'thick' surveys of … literature available on the subject in India. …
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caste. The caste system in India being a socio-economic organization inheres in itself the economic exclusion and …
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Cross-National Study in Non-Linear Frame Work -- Chapter 4. Empirical Evaluation of Kuznets Hypothesis In Case of India … -- Chapter 5. An Inquiry into the Dynamics of Inequality from the perspective of Caste -- Chapter 6. Can Horizontal Inequalities … State of Nagaland.- Part 2: Poverty -- Chapter 11. A Study of Multidimensional Poverty in North-East India -- Chapter 12. A …
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A central hypothesis about discrimination is that prejudice forces the stigmatized into low paying, undesirable jobs. Prejudice clearly leads to exclusion. But surprisingly, evidence linking exclusion to disadvantage is mixed. We address this issue theoretically, providing a formal rational...
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This volume is divided into five parts, each one including two chapters. Part I is devoted to 'Information Theory and Segregation Measurement', part II to 'The Gini Index and the Measurement of Segregation', part III to 'Measuring Segregation with Ordered Categories', part IV to 'Exploring...
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