Castes and Labor Mobility
利用1983-2005年印度家庭调查数据，研究发现历史上处于弱势的种姓群体在受教育程度、职业选择、消费和工资方面与非弱势群体的差距显著缩小，其中教育改善是主要驱动力。
We examine the relative fortunes of the historically disadvantaged scheduled castes and tribes (SC/ST) in India in terms of their education attainment, occupation choices, consumption and wages. We study the period 1983–2005 using household survey data from successive rounds of the National Sample Survey. We find that this period has been characterized by a significant convergence of education, occupation distribution, wages and consumption levels of SC/STs toward non-SC/ST levels. Using various decomposition approaches we find that the improvements in education account for a major part of the wage and consumption convergence.