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Society and Business: Session 6 Salamah Ansari
Society and Business: Session 6 Salamah Ansari
Session 6
Salamah Ansari
Module
Caste in India- II
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Proletarians to Bourgeoisie
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Caste Map of Entrepreneurs
• 2005: SCs and STs significantly under-represented in the ownership
of private enterprises, and the employment generated by private
enterprises. SCs owned 9.8% of all enterprises in 2005, well below
their 16.4% share in the total population.
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Caste Map of Entrepreneurs
• All the differences across caste categories
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Caste Map of Entrepreneurs
• All the differences across caste categories
5. not the case that the states which were among the earliest to
have progressive movements to end caste discrimination
(Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra)
have a lower degree of under-representation
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Caste Map of Entrepreneurs
• All the differences across caste categories
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Caste Differences in Enterprise Characteristics
• Why SCs and STs lag behind in entrepreneurship?
1. while discrimination does exist, there are many other factors as well
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Policy Prescriptions: Think deeper about the
determinants of entrepreneurship
1. New Economic Policy: Malaysia- high middle-income trap
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Methodology
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