Revisiting Inequality: Theoretical and Methodological Advances with Empirical Examples from India

Synopsis

This volume discusses the current state of knowledge on the conceptual understanding of inequality. The book poses a range of empirical puzzles in the Indian context and examines inequalities across categories of the region of residence, caste, and sex, using a fascinating range of outcome indicators, comprising education, health, earnings, self-employment, and crime.The empirical chapters of this volume use various large-scale secondary data sources to expose the deep-rooted, structural inequalities in the Indian society. It answers some of the pertinent questions around inequality such as why do the backward regions of India continue to remain backward, both in terms of economic and human development indicators? Why do enterprises owned by backward caste individuals have systematically lower business earnings? Are backward castes and women more likely to face crime when their relative status improves? How do the circumstances that children find given at birth influence their learning outcomes? etc.The book will be of interest to teachers, students, and researchers of economics of education, development studies, development economics, and Indian economics. It will also be useful for policymakers, academicians, and anyone curious to learn about inequality.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

200 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040029473

Related ISBNs:

9781003477938, 9781032348247, 9781040029404

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

06/03/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Achin Chakraborty and Simantini Mukhopadhyay

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Education, Social Studies, Sociology

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Edited by:

Achin Chakraborty

Edited by:

Simantini Mukhopadhyay