Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to
access essential services in health, education, and social security. This book investigates …

The paper examines intergenerational occupational mobility in India among males. This
analysis differs from previous work in three important respects. First, a finer-grained …

Who makes claims on the state for social welfare, and how and why do they do so? This
article examines these dynamics in the rural Indian context, observing that citizens living in …

Purpose Non-farm employment has transitioned from a residual to a dominant livelihood
option in rural India. Despite the sector's diverse welfare implications, it is still a male …

This study estimates poverty, wealth inequality and financial inclusion, for the first time, at the
sub‐caste level in both Hindus and Muslims using a unique survey data collected from 7124 …

Most studies of intergenerational mobility focus on adjacent generations, and there is limited
knowledge about multigenerational mobility—status transmission across three generations …

While the extant literature suggests that an individual's occupational choice depends on the
level of economic development, little is known about how the dynamics of education and …

Caste, an integral part of the Indian social system, has extensively influenced all walks of
life. The media is not an exception for the persuasion of caste. The depiction of caste as a …

This comparative study examines apprenticeship-a globally recognized, work-based model
of learning that links on-the-job training with institution-based or off-the-job training-in eight …

Does consumption distance as a measure of individual alienation reveal the effect of social
identity? Using the central idea of Akerlof's 'social distance'theory, individual distance is …