Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States

Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States

This paper examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in three states in India. When households are grouped using conventional, government-defined categories of caste the paper finds patterns that are consistent with existing lit...

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Main Authors: Joshi, Shareen, Kochhar, Nishtha, Rao, Vijayendra
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
GENDER
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
CASTE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/411391498158851891/Are-caste-categories-misleading-the-relationship-between-gender-and-Jati-in-three-Indian-states
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27607

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/411391498158851891/Are-caste-categories-misleading-the-relationship-between-gender-and-Jati-in-three-Indian-states
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27607

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