Elite Dominance and Under-Investment in Mass Education: Disparity in the Social Development of the Indian States, 1960-92
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- Sarmistha Pal & Sugata Ghosh, 2006. "Elite Dominance and Under-investment in Mass Education: Disparity in the Social Development of the Indian States, 1960-92," Economics and Finance Discussion Papers 06-14, Economics and Finance Section, School of Social Sciences, Brunel University.
- Sarmistha Pal & Sugata Ghosh, 2006. "Elite Dominance and Under-investment in Mass Education: Disparity in the Social Development of the Indian States, 1960-92," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 06-05, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University.
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Keywords
under-investment in education; discrimination against female and low-caste population; persistence of elite dominance; poverty; land reform;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2007-07-07 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-DEV-2007-07-07 (Development)
- NEP-EDU-2007-07-07 (Education)
- NEP-HRM-2007-07-07 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
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