The Changing Contours of Inter group Disparities and the Role of Preferential Policies in a Globalizing World: Evidence from India
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- Ashwini Deshpande & Rajesh Ramachandran, 2016. "The Changing Contours of Intergroup Disparities and the Role of Preferential Policies in a Globalizing World- Evidence from India," Working papers 267, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
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Keywords
affirmative action; quotas; caste; India; education; occupation; policies; job quotas; government; school attainment; OBCs; age; beneficiaries; NSS; data; affirmative action; Preferential Policies; identification strategy; household expenditure; wages; primary education; higher; literacy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets
- J78 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Public Policy (including comparable worth)
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