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Capability Failure and Group Disparities : Some Evidence from India for the 1980s

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  • M. Majumdar
  • S. Subramanian

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This paper advances a particular measure of deprivation - called the Capability Failure Ratio (CFR) - on the dimensions of longevity, knowledge and income, and suggests how an (inequality-) 'adjusted' version of the CFR may be derived. These measurement concerns are explored in the context of relevant State-wise data for the Indian Union. The paper thus makes an attempt to enrich the analysis of human predicament by sensitising 'measures of central tendency' to distributional concerns.

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  • M. Majumdar & S. Subramanian, 2001. "Capability Failure and Group Disparities : Some Evidence from India for the 1980s," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(5), pages 104-140.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:37:y:2001:i:5:p:104-140
    DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331322141
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    1. Mozaffar Qizilbash, 2004. "On the Arbitrariness and Robustness of Multi-Dimensional Poverty Rankings," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(3), pages 355-375.
    2. William Joe & U. S. Mishra & K. Navaneetham, 2009. "Inequalities in Childhood Malnutrition in India: Some Evidence on Group Disparities," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(3), pages 417-439.
    3. Ankita Mishra & Ranjan Ray, 2013. "Multi-Dimensional Deprivation in India During and After the Reforms: Do the Household Expenditure and the Family Health Surveys Present Consistent Evidence?," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 110(2), pages 791-818, January.
    4. Mark McGillivray & Farhad Noorbakhsh, 2004. "Composite Indices of Human Well-being: Past, Present, and Future," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2004-63, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    5. David A. Clark & University of Manchester, 2005. "The Capability Approach: Its Development, Critiques and Recent Advances," Economics Series Working Papers GPRG-WPS-032, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    6. David A. Clark & University of Manchester & Mozaffar Qizilbash & University of East Anglia, 2005. "Core Poverty, Basic Capabilities and Vagueness: An Application to the South African Context," Economics Series Working Papers GPRG-WPS-026, University of Oxford, Department of Economics.
    7. S Subramanian, 2009. "Reckoning Inter‐Group Poverty Differentials In The Measurement Of Aggregate Poverty," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(1), pages 46-55, February.
    8. Sreenivasan Subramanian, 2004. "Indicators of Inequality and Poverty," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2004-25, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    9. Sreenivasan Subramanian, 2005. "Reckoning Inter-Group Poverty Differentials in the Measurement of Aggregate Poverty," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2005-59, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    10. D. Jayaraj & S. Subramanian, 2005. "Assessing the ‘Agedness’ of A Population," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 72(3), pages 343-371, July.
    11. S. Subramanian, 2009. "Poverty Measurement in the Presence of a 'Group-Affiliation' Externality," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(1), pages 63-76.
    12. Saroj Kumar & Abhishek Kumar & Rakesh Kumar & William Joe, 2021. "Social Demographics and Health Achievements An Ecological Analysis of Institutional Delivery and Immunization Coverage in India," IEG Working Papers 427, Institute of Economic Growth.
    13. Sunil Rajpal & William Joe & Malavika A. Subramanyam & Rajan Sankar & Smriti Sharma & Alok Kumar & Rockli Kim & S. V. Subramanian, 2020. "Utilization of Integrated Child Development Services in India: Programmatic Insights from National Family Health Survey, 2016," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-16, May.
    14. S. Subramanian, 2008. "Externality and Literacy: A Note," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(6), pages 839-848.

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