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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Summary:	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 adaptation to the standard approach that remedies these problems to longitudinal household data from two Indian villages -- Palanpur in the north, and Sugao in the west. The authors find that in Palanpur the largest scheduled caste group failed to share in the gradual rise in village prosperity. This would not have emerged from standard decomposition analysis. However, in Sugao the alternative procedure did not yield any additional insights because income gains applied relatively evenly across castes.

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

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