Blocked by Caste: Economic Discrimination in Modern India
By S. Thorat, K. S. Neuman. 2012
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- On formalizing fairness in prediction with machine learning (2017, background): “ that frequently o‡er poorer professional employment prospects [38]. Such impediments to social advantages are presented on account of other protected a−ributes as well. For example, „orat and Neuman [69] argue, on the basis of •eld surveys and interviews, that protected caste groups face discrimina”
- “Untouchable” cellphones? Old caste exclusions and new digital divides in peri-urban Bangalore (2018, background): “10The contemporary evidence on this point includes Thorat and Attewell 2007, Das 2008, Thorat and Newman 2010, Harriss-White 2004 and Harriss-White et al. 2014, Kapur et al. 2014, Verma 2015, and Prakash 2015. discontinuities in technological experiences within India’s “IT city.””
- Caste in the News: A Computational Analysis of Indian Newspapers (2019, background): “Although they have gained substantially after the 90s economic reform, SC/ST individuals are still at the bottom of the income and social ladders (Thorat & Neuman, 2012).”
- Isolated by Caste: Neighbourhood-Scale Residential Segregation in Indian Metros (2018, background): “Rights, access, citizenship and privileges of an individual are often tied to his or her membership of a particular caste (Deshpande 2000, 2001; Thorat, Banerjee, Mishra, & Rizvi 2015; Thorat & Neuman 2012).”
- Smart, Responsible, and Upper Caste Only: Measuring Caste Attitudes through Large-Scale Analysis of Matrimonial Profiles (2019, background): “This form of discrimination greatly reduces social and economic mobility among these groups and increases inequality in society (Deshpande 2011; Thorat and Neuman 2012).”