Despite seven decades of policy thrust, group-based educational inequalities persist in
India. The tenacious social group-based stratification often proves to be a hurdle for …

With the increasing importance of information and communication technologies in access to
basic services like education and health, the question of digital divide based on caste …

This paper documents the extent of inequality of educational opportunity in India spanning
the period 1983–2004 using National Sample Surveys. We build on recent developments in …

One of the first ethnographic studies to explore use of social media in the everyday lives of
people in Tamil Nadu, Social Media in South India provides an understanding of this subject …

Using a large-scale household survey, we investigate how disparities in learning change
over the primary school cycle. Even controlling for other factors, household wealth and …

This paper focusses on income inequality in Asia, its drivers and policies to combat it. It finds
that income inequality has risen in most of Asia, in contrast to many other regions. While in …

The last two decades of high economic growth in India has been accompanied by
increasing economic inequality. The rise in inequality raises concerns about fall in …

Though India has achieved near-universal primary school attendance and bridged the
gender gap, secondary and technical education schooling remains low. Household ability to …

There has been significant progress in educational attainment in India since its
independence. Yet the achievements are low in comparison to countries in similar stages of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the interrelation between two important
dimensions of gender segregation: education and occupation. It further investigates the …