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Stuck at the bottom: caste-based discrimination, relative poverty, and the mechanisms of intergenerational opportunity traps

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  • Sudeshna Maitra
  • Sudarsana Kundu

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How do systemic modes of discrimination—such as a caste system, or racial bias—impact the transmission of intergenerational opportunities in a developing country? What are the mechanisms by which discriminatory norms in labour and marriage markets affect such opportunities? How could we measure such 'opportunities' over time—using nationally representative cross-sectional data—so as to derive their impact on relative poverty and class formation over time?

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  • Sudeshna Maitra & Sudarsana Kundu, 2026. "Stuck at the bottom: caste-based discrimination, relative poverty, and the mechanisms of intergenerational opportunity traps," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2026-29, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2026-29
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