classes, i.e. Scheduled Castes, in India. We have looked at the impact of types of government on the reduction of the gap …

The level of infant and under-five mortality is high among scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs) in India … between SCs/STs and non-SC/ST population in India with a special focus on the effect of maternal education. We used data from … backward regions or states, to further reduce IM and U5M in India. …

We investigate the impact of community power on the practice of untouchability in rural India. We model two … its population share and land share, we find support for these hypotheses in data from the India Human Development Survey …