Jati inequality in rural Bihar (English)

Caste is a persistent driver of inequality in India, and it is generally analyzed with government-defined broad categories, such as Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. In everyday life, however, caste is lived and experienced as jati, which is a local system of stratification. Little is known about economic inequality at the jati level. This paper uses data from poor rural districts in Bihar to explore expenditure inequality at the jati level. Inequality...

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Joshi,Shareen;

Kochhar,Nishtha;

Rao,Vijayendra;
Document Date
2018/07/10
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8512
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2018/07/10
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Jati inequality in rural Bihar
Keywords
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

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Joshi,Shareen; Kochhar,Nishtha; Rao,Vijayendra.

Jati inequality in rural Bihar (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8512 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/216201531237182176

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