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dc.contributor.authorPal, Sarmisthaen
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Sugataen
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-09-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:30:00Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:30:00Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008101456en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34844-
dc.description.abstractIn the context of strikingly low literacy rates among Indian women and low caste population, the paper explores whether and how far the interests of the marginalized poor are undermined by the dominant elite consisting mainly of the landed and the capitalists. We distinguish the dominant elite from the minority elite (i.e., elected women and low caste representatives in the ruling government) and also the marginalised as measured by the state poverty rate. Results based on the Indian state-level data suggest that a higher share of land held by the top 5% of the population lowers public spending on education while presence of capitalist elite, as reflected in greater degree of industrialisation enhances it, even in poorer states; the landed elite thus appears to be unresponsive to the underlying poverty rate. The effect of minority representation in the government appears to have a limited impact, indicating a possibility of their non-accountability to serve their cohorts and/or a possible alliance with the dominant elite.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3707en
dc.subject.jelI28en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordLiteracy among women and low casteen
dc.subject.keyworddominant landed and capitalist eliteen
dc.subject.keywordminority eliteen
dc.subject.keywordpoor and the marginaliseden
dc.subject.keywordeducation spendingen
dc.subject.keyworddevelopment and non-development spendingen
dc.subject.keywordIndiaen
dc.subject.stwBildungschancenen
dc.subject.stwÖffentliche Bildungsausgabenen
dc.subject.stwTeilstaaten
dc.subject.stwAnalphabetismusen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Schichten
dc.subject.stwEliteen
dc.subject.stwInteressenpolitiken
dc.subject.stwIndienen
dc.titleThe elite and the marginalised: an analysis of public spending on mass education in the Indian States-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn581182472en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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