Joshi, Shareen
[Verfasser:in]
;
Kochhar, Nishtha
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Rao, Vijayendra
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Are Caste Categories Misleading? The Relationship between Gender and Jati in Three Indian States
Erschienen in:World Bank Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 8109
Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (47 p)
Sprache:
Englisch
Entstehung:
Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 22, 2017 erstellt
Beschreibung:
This paper examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in three states in India. When households are grouped using conventional, government-defined categories of caste the paper finds patterns that are consistent with existing literature: lower-caste women are more likely to participate in the labor market, have greater decision-making autonomy within their households, and experience greater freedom of movement. When households are grouped by the narrower sub-caste categories of jati, where caste is lived and experienced, the paper finds the relationships to be far more varied and nuanced. These results suggest that focussing on broad caste categories such as "scheduled castes" and "scheduled tribes" can be misleading for understanding the relationship between caste and gender, and for targeting anti-poverty programs