Intergenerational Mobility A Study of Social Classes in India /

• Main Author: Majumder, Rajarshi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: India : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: Literacy.; Labor economics.; Development economics.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Economics.; Labor Economics.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Development Economics.

Discrimination and exclusion in the process of capability formation and the labor market transcend the boundaries of the current generation and spill over to successive generations as well. Though a plethora of work has been done at the international level, the area has not been the focus of Indian...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Education and Occupation in India
• Chapter 3: Intergenerational Mobility
• Chapter 4: Inertia across Generations
• Chapter 5: Regional Dimensions of Mobility
• Chapter 6: Intergenerational Mobility: Micro Level Study
• Chapter 7: State Support and Occupational Change
• Chapter 8: Conclusion.