Replication data for: Castes and Labor Mobility

We examine the relative fortunes of the historically disadvantaged scheduled castes and tribes (SC/ST) in India in terms of their education attainment, occupation choices, consumption and wages. We study the period 1983-2005 using household survey data from successive rounds of the National Sample Survey. We find that this period has been characterized by a significant convergence of education, occupation distribution, wages and consumption levels of SC/STs toward non-SC/ST levels. Using various decomposition
approaches we find that the improvements in education account for a major part of the wage and consumption convergence. (JEL I24, O15, O17, Z13)

本研究审视了印度历史上处于不利地位的贱籍和部落（SC/ST）在教育成就、职业选择、消费和工资方面的相对福祉。我们选取了1983-2005年这一时段，利用连续几轮全国抽样调查的家庭调查数据进行分析。研究发现，这一时期SC/ST群体在教育、职业分布、工资和消费水平上与非SC/ST群体之间的显著收敛。通过采用多种分解方法，我们发现教育水平的提升是工资和消费收敛的主要贡献力量。（JEL I24, O15, O17, Z13）