Intergenerational Mobility A Study of Social Classes in India /

• Main Author: Majumder, Rajarshi. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: India : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: Economics.; Literacy.; Development Economics.; Labor economics.; Economics/Management Science.; Labor Economics.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1130-3

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.