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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spelling	okr-10986-276072021-06-08T14:42:47Z Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States Joshi, Shareen Kochhar, Nishtha Rao, Vijayendra GENDER ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CASTE RURAL DEVELOPMENT 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 literature: lower-caste women are more likely to participate in the labor market, have greater decision-making autonomy within their households, and experience greater freedom of movement. When households are grouped by the narrower sub-caste categories of jati, where caste is lived and experienced, the paper finds the relationships to be far more varied and nuanced. These results suggest that focussing on broad caste categories such as "scheduled castes" and "scheduled tribes" can be misleading for understanding the relationship between caste and gender, and for targeting anti-poverty programs. 2017-07-17T21:03:54Z 2017-07-17T21:03:54Z 2017-06 Working Paper 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8109 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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spellingShingle	GENDER ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT CASTE RURAL DEVELOPMENT Joshi, Shareen Kochhar, Nishtha Rao, Vijayendra Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States
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description	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 literature: lower-caste women are more likely to participate in the labor market, have greater decision-making autonomy within their households, and experience greater freedom of movement. When households are grouped by the narrower sub-caste categories of jati, where caste is lived and experienced, the paper finds the relationships to be far more varied and nuanced. These results suggest that focussing on broad caste categories such as "scheduled castes" and "scheduled tribes" can be misleading for understanding the relationship between caste and gender, and for targeting anti-poverty programs.
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author	Joshi, Shareen Kochhar, Nishtha Rao, Vijayendra
author_facet	Joshi, Shareen Kochhar, Nishtha Rao, Vijayendra
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title	Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States
title_short	Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States
title_full	Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States
title_fullStr	Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States
title_full_unstemmed	Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States
title_sort	are caste categories misleading? : the relationship between gender and jati in three indian states
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	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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Are Caste Categories Misleading? : The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States

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