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Was the mandal commission right? : living standard differences between backward classes and other social groups in India
Gang, Ira N. (contributor); Sen, Kunal (contributor);  … - 2008
gap is higher in importance for the OBC. -- Living standards ; caste ; reservation policy ; decomposition …
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Was the Mandal Commission Right? Living Standard Differences between Backward Classes and Other Social Groups in India
Sen, Kunal - 2014
Affirmative action has been at the heart of public policies towards the socially disadvantaged in India. Compensatory discrimination policies which have been adopted for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) since independence were recommended for Other Backward Classes (OBC) by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708730
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Was the Mandal Commission Right? Living Standard Differences between Backward Classes and Other Social Groups in India
Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2021
Affirmative action has been at the heart of public policies towards the socially disadvantaged in India. Compensatory discrimination policies which have been adopted for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) since independence were recommended for Other Backward Classes (OBC) by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325318
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Was the Mandal Commission Right? Living Standard Differences between Backward Classes and Other Social Groups in India
Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Affirmative action has been at the heart of public policies towards the socially disadvantaged in India. Compensatory discrimination policies which have been adopted for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) since independence were recommended for Other Backward Classes (OBC) by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763708
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Was the Mandal Commission Right? : living standard differences between backward classes and other social groups in India
Gang, Ira N. (contributor); Sen, Kunal (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806484
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Was the Mandal Commission right? : living standard differences between backward classes and other social groups in India
Gang, Ira N. (contributor); Sen, Kunal (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003813234
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Poverty in rural India : ethnicity and caste
Gang, Ira N. (contributor); Sen, Kunal (contributor);  … - 2006 - Rev.
important role. -- Poverty ; caste ; ethnicity ; decomposition …This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of scheduled caste (SC) and … poverty line and an Oaxaca-type decomposition analysis, we study how these differences in the incidence of poverty arise. We …
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Praja Mandal movement in East Punjab states
Walia, Ramesh - 1972 - [1st ed.]
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Caste, ethnicity and poverty in rural India
Gang, Ira N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2002
This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC … is significantly higher than non-scheduled households. Using a probit decomposition analysis, we decompose the difference …
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Social Classes, Inequality and Redistributive Policies in Canada
Araar, Abdelkrim - 2008
The social performance of fiscal redistributive mechanisms in Canada continues to receive a growing interest from politicians and research scientists. The aim of this paper is to assess the evolution of social classes in Canada and to check whether the market and governmental redistributive...
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