Singh M, Husan Z, Self-fulfilling Equilibrium and Social Disparities in Urban India, 2016, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol: 51, No: 48.

Using NSSO data from the 68th round, this study explain how the synergistic interaction between the labour market and educational decisions may result in a self-fulfilling equilibrium where disadvantaged communities start conforming to society’s image of their backwardness.