Closer, but No Cigar : Intergenerational Mobility across Caste Groups in India

Sinha, Rishabh

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: EDUCATION;    INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY;    EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT;    OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY;    SECONDARY EDUCATION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8401
RP-ID  :  WPS8401

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper compares theintergenerational mobility of educational and occupationalattainment of men from disadvantaged groups (ScheduledCastes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST)) in India with theintergenerational mobility of men outside these groupsduring 1983-2009. Although there has been a modestconvergence in mobility rates of non-SC/ST and SC/ST men ineducational attainment, there has been no significantconvergence in the mobility rates of occupationalattainment. Upward mobility of SC/ST men remains much lowercompared to non-SC/ST men. Additionally, the former are moresusceptible than the latter to moving down theintergenerational ladder. The mobility gap varies over alarge range across states, but the cross-state variation hasdeclined, with convergence being higher in states withlarger gaps initially. The paper finds no evidence of higherconvergence in states with higher economic growth. As such,policies that focus on growth may not necessarily deliverconvergence in outcomes across social groups.