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Between-group inequality in education in India: a sequential logit model analysis

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  • Anjan Ray Chaudhury
  • Madhabendra Sinha

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The study provides an insight into the between-group educational inequality India, where the groups are defined by taking caste and religion together. We propose an index of between-group inequality applicable to ordinal categorical data and compute the between-group educational inequality existing in Indian society and its overtime persistence. Findings reveal an overtime increase in between-group educational inequality in India. We invoke the sequential logit model of regression to assess the probability of transition from lower to higher levels of education. The results of estimation of this regression model reveal a declining trend in the rate of dropout across all levels of education for all groups, though the rate of decline is greater for the advantaged groups compared to the disadvantaged groups. This disparity in the rate of decline is the responsible factor for the rise in between-group educational inequality.

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  • Anjan Ray Chaudhury & Madhabendra Sinha, 2019. "Between-group inequality in education in India: a sequential logit model analysis," International Journal of Education Economics and Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(3), pages 294-322.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijeded:v:10:y:2019:i:3:p:294-322
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