Revisiting Between-group Inequality Measurement : An Application to the Dynamics of Caste Inequality in Two Indian villages

Revisiting Between-group Inequality Measurement : An Application to the Dynamics of Caste Inequality in Two Indian villages

Standard approaches to decomposing how much group differences contribute to inequality rarely show significant between-group inequality, and are of limited use in comparing populations with different numbers of groups. This study applies an adaptat...

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Main Authors: Lanjouw, Peter, Rao, Vijayendra
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ACCESS TO IRRIGATION
AGRICULTURAL CHANGE
ANNUAL GROWTH
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
ASSESSMENT OF INEQUALITY
AVERAGE INCOME
BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY
CONFLICT
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
DATA COLLECTION
DECLINING POVERTY
DECOMPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURES
DECOMPOSABLE INEQUALITY MEASURES
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
DECOMPOSITION OF INEQUALITY
DECOMPOSITION RESULTS
DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISADVANTAGED GROUP
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
DISTRIBUTION OF LAND
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC STUDIES
EMPIRICAL APPLICATION
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EVOLUTION OF INEQUALITY
FARM SECTOR
FARMERS
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROWTH PROCESS
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
HUMAN CAPITAL
ILLITERACY
IMPERFECT INFORMATION
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GAINS
INCOME GENERATION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME SOURCES
INEQUALITY AVERSION
INEQUALITY AVERSION PARAMETER
INEQUALITY COMPONENTS
INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
INEQUALITY MEASURE
INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT
INEQUALITY TRAPS
INEQUALITY WILL INCREASE
LAND REFORM
LANDHOLDINGS
LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MEAN INCOMES
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MEASURE OF INEQUALITY
MEASURES OF POVERTY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OVERALL INEQUALITY
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOMES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL POWER
POOR
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
POPULATION SHARE
POPULATION SUB-GROUPS
POPULATION SUBGROUP
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY INDICES
POVERTY LINE
PRIMARY EDUCATION
QUESTIONNAIRES
REAL WAGES
RELATIVE POSITION
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL MARKETS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL HIERARCHY
SQUARED POVERTY GAP
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
TOTAL INEQUALITY
UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
WELL-BEING
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