Poverty and Social Exclusion in India : Dalits

This brief is based on a Poverty and Social Exclusion in India.Caste is perhaps the oldest form of social stratificationin India.After independence, the Indian Constitution abolisheduntouchability and the erstwhile untouchablescame to be known as t...

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Main Authors:	Das, Maitreyi Bordia, Mehta, Soumya Kapoor
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	CASTE UNTOUCHABLES SCHEDULED CASTES POVERTY EDUCATION LABOR MARKET INFORMAL LABOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/473741491913290955/Issue-brief-poverty-and-social-exclusion-in-India-Dalits http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26336

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spelling	okr-10986-263362021-04-23T14:04:35Z Poverty and Social Exclusion in India : Dalits Das, Maitreyi Bordia Mehta, Soumya Kapoor CASTE UNTOUCHABLES SCHEDULED CASTES POVERTY EDUCATION LABOR MARKET INFORMAL LABOR This brief is based on a Poverty and Social Exclusion in India.Caste is perhaps the oldest form of social stratificationin India.After independence, the Indian Constitution abolisheduntouchability and the erstwhile untouchablescame to be known as the Scheduled Castes(SCs).The situation of Dalits has undergone dramatic transformation over time.While caste has had significant implications for poverty and other welfare outcomes, this note focuseson two arenas—education and the labor market.Our analysis based on the National Sample Survey(NSS) data suggests that there has been expansion in education among Dalits, but not at the samepace as among the upper castes.Micro studies continue to document discrimination against SC students. In the labor market, Dalits remain largely in casuallabor. Education is considered a panacea to poor labor market outcomes and overall it has positive effects for all men.It would nevertheless be naïve to dismiss the changes in caste dynamics, more so over the past two decades. Attendant to the economic changes, social movements asserting the power of Dalits have swept some states and have given Dalits a sense of political voice and agency. In sum, we find that despite localized changes,there have been modest changes for Dalits in the aggregate. 2017-04-12T16:26:43Z 2017-04-12T16:26:43Z 2012 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/473741491913290955/Issue-brief-poverty-and-social-exclusion-in-India-Dalits http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26336 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia India
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description	This brief is based on a Poverty and Social Exclusion in India.Caste is perhaps the oldest form of social stratificationin India.After independence, the Indian Constitution abolisheduntouchability and the erstwhile untouchablescame to be known as the Scheduled Castes(SCs).The situation of Dalits has undergone dramatic transformation over time.While caste has had significant implications for poverty and other welfare outcomes, this note focuseson two arenas—education and the labor market.Our analysis based on the National Sample Survey(NSS) data suggests that there has been expansion in education among Dalits, but not at the samepace as among the upper castes.Micro studies continue to document discrimination against SC students. In the labor market, Dalits remain largely in casuallabor. Education is considered a panacea to poor labor market outcomes and overall it has positive effects for all men.It would nevertheless be naïve to dismiss the changes in caste dynamics, more so over the past two decades. Attendant to the economic changes, social movements asserting the power of Dalits have swept some states and have given Dalits a sense of political voice and agency. In sum, we find that despite localized changes,there have been modest changes for Dalits in the aggregate.
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author	Das, Maitreyi Bordia Mehta, Soumya Kapoor
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title	Poverty and Social Exclusion in India : Dalits
title_short	Poverty and Social Exclusion in India : Dalits
title_full	Poverty and Social Exclusion in India : Dalits
title_fullStr	Poverty and Social Exclusion in India : Dalits
title_full_unstemmed	Poverty and Social Exclusion in India : Dalits
title_sort	poverty and social exclusion in india : dalits
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
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