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Explaining Caste-based Digital Divide in India | | R Vaidehi
; A Bheemeshwar Reddy
; Sudatta Banerjee
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30 Jun 2021 | | Abstract: | With the increasing importance of information and communication technologies
in access to basic services like education and health, the question of the
digital divide based on caste assumes importance in India where large
socioeconomic disparities persist between different caste groups. Studies on
caste-based digital inequality are still scanty in India. Using nationally
representative survey data, this paper analyzes the first-level digital divide
(ownership of computer and access to the internet) and the second-level digital
divide (individual’s skill to use computer and the internet) between the
disadvantaged caste group and the others. Further, this paper identifies the
caste group-based differences in socioeconomic factors that contribute to the
digital divide between these groups using a non-linear decomposition method.
The results show that there exists a large first-level and second-level digital
divide between the disadvantaged caste groups and others in India. The
non-linear decomposition results indicate that the caste-based digital divide
in India is rooted in historical socioeconomic deprivation of disadvantaged
caste groups. More than half of the caste-based digital gap is attributable to
differences in educational attainment and income between the disadvantaged
caste groups and others. The findings of this study highlight the urgent need
for addressing educational and income inequality between the different caste
groups in India in order to bridge the digital divide. | | Source: | arXiv, 2106.15917 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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