A key finding of the study suggests that 'social capital', widely regarded as a positive force in countering social stigma, did not help enhance the incomes of business owners belonging to Dalit communities. https://thewire.in/caste/dalit-business-owners-earn-15-18-less-than-others-finds-study
Researchers believe that this reflects the social stigmatisation faced by Dalit communities. The study, tilled It’s not who you know, but who you are: Explaining income gaps of stigmatized-caste business owners in India, published in Plos One journal, is among the first to explore income patterns across population groups in the country using data from a pan-India survey and mathematical tools designed to cancel out effects of other factors that also influence income, the paper reported.
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"It’s not who you know, but who you are: Explaining income gaps of stigmatized-caste business owners in India" by Prateek Raj and Thomas J. Roulet published onAugust 7, 2024 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0307660