Caste in India plays an instrumental role in determining access to education, jobs, public spaces, and social networks. For instance, despite state...
The contact hypothesis posits that having diverse neighbours may reduce one’s intergroup prejudice. This hypothesis is difficult to test as individuals self-select into neighbourhoods. Using a slum relocation programme in India that randomly assigned...
Part of Book Social Mobility in Developing Countries
As developing countries rapidly urbanize, the number of people living in ‘slums’—neighbourhoods lacking property rights and basic services—continues to increase. Whether slum residents will ultimately share in the benefits of the cities they help...
Developing countries will be predominantly urban by 2030. While urbanization is historically associated with development and broad-based social...
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