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Caste
About: Caste is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5681 publications have been published within this topic receiving 91330 citations. The topic is also known as: caste system.
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TL;DR: Linguistic differences of populations provide the best explanation of genetic differences observed in this region of the world.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study the effects of affirmative action in Indian education and show that the program increases college attendance of targeted students, particularly at relatively higher-quality institutions, and find no evidence of such adverse impacts.
Abstract: Public policy in modern India features affirmative action programs intended to reduce inequality that stems from a centuries-old caste structure and history of disparate treatment by gender. We study the effects of one such affirmative action program: an admissions policy that fixes percentage quotas, common across more than 200 engineering colleges, for disadvantaged castes and for women. We show that the program increases college attendance of targeted students, particularly at relatively higher-quality institutions. An important concern is that affirmative action might harm intended beneficiaries by placing them in academic programs for which they are ill-prepared. We find no evidence of such adverse impacts.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether the recent growth in low-fee private schools is able to promote Education for All by being accessible to the poor and found that LFP school costs are unaffordable for over half of the sampled children, including the majority of low caste and Muslim families.
Abstract: This paper examines whether the recent growth in ‘low‐fee private’ (LFP) schools is able to promote Education for All by being accessible to the poor. Based primarily on a 13‐village survey of 250 households and visits to 26 private and government schools in rural Uttar Pradesh, India, this paper explores who ‘chooses’ private schooling, in the light of the well‐documented failure of the government school system. In particular, the paper explores the issue of whether private provision is affordable and accessible to poor rural parents. It finds that LFP school costs are unaffordable for over half of the sampled children, including the majority of low caste and Muslim families. It also finds that while LFPs are greatly preferred under current conditions, what parents actually want is a well‐functioning government school system.
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TL;DR: In this article, essays by economists and political scientists not only analyze the impact of reforms on the economy as a whole, but also assess the state of India's post-1991 public finances, agriculture, labour markets, exports, centre-state relations and the connection of economic reforms with India's battle over caste and secularism.
Abstract: Written by economists and political scientists, essays in this volume not only analyze the impact of reforms on the economy as a whole, but also assess the state of India's post-1991 public finances, agriculture, labour markets, exports, centre-state relations and the connection of economic reforms with India's battle over caste and secularism. This book is intended for undergraduate, post-graduate students and researchers of economics and politics and also journalist, policy-makers and corporate executives as well as the general reader interested in the ongoing reforms process.
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