| Decomposing Nutritional Inequality by Caste and Class: A Quantitative Approach to Reckon Intersectionality |
| Authors: |
Achin Chakraborty, and Simantini Mukhopadhyay |
| Source: |
Economics Bulletin, 37(2): 1339-1350; |
| Topic(s): |
Child health
Inequality
Nutrition
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| Country: |
Asia
India
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| Published: |
JUN 2017 |
| Abstract: |
We decompose inequality in nutritional status of Indian children along the axes ofcaste and economic class. Inequality
is measured by the most commonly decomposed measures of the General Entropy Class. We first use the traditional
method of inequality decomposition and find out how the ‘between group' component differs when we consider
different groupings, namely caste, class, and caste-class intersections. However, since the traditional method of
inequality decomposition is sensitive to the relative sizes and the number of groups under question, the decompositions
are not comparable across alternative groupings.In this paper, we use a corrected method of inequality decomposition
and show that compared to the traditional method, it is more meaningful even in the non-income space.
Citation: |
| Web: |
http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2017/Volume37/EB-17-V37-I2-P122.pdf |
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