Data and Code for: Intergenerational Mobility in India: New Measures and Estimates Across Time, Space, and Communities
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sam Asher, Imperial College London; Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College; Charlie Rafkin, MIT
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Project Citation:
Asher, Sam, Novosad, Paul, and Rafkin, Charlie. Data and Code for: Intergenerational Mobility in India: New Measures and Estimates Across Time, Space, and Communities. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-08-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/E184504V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We study intergenerational mobility in India. We propose a new measure of upward
mobility: the expected education rank of a child born to parents in the bottom half of the
education distribution. This measure works well under data constraints common in developing
countries and historical contexts. Intergenerational mobility in India has been constant and
low since before liberalization. Among sons, we observe rising mobility for Scheduled Castes
and declining mobility among Muslims. Daughters’ intergenerational mobility is lower than
sons’, with less cross-group variation over time. A natural experiment suggests that affirmative
action for Scheduled Castes has substantially improved their mobility.
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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econ paper
JEL Classification:
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J62 Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
J62 Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
Geographic Coverage:
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India
Time Period(s):
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1950 – 2012
Collection Date(s):
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2011 – 2012
Universe:
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Based on IHDS, a 42,000 representative household sample of India.
Data Type(s):
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aggregate data;
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