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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsFinancing Higher Education and Education Loans in India: Trends and TroublesP. Geetha RaniThe paper attempts to investigate the trends in financing higher education which convey that student loans is the dominating source of financing higher education in India. This leads us to explore various factors that influence, viz., enrolment growth, growing private sector, bulging youth population with growing middle class with a wider acceptability of loan culture and increasing earning premium of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 4 · 3 Dec 2016 · 8,644 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDeterminants of Property Ownership With a Proxy of Land and House Among Scheduled Caste Men in India: Evidence from NFHS-5Riti Deshmukh, Sabina Bano, SakshiIn postmodern societies, social stratification plays an important role in determining access to economic resources, such as property ownership, as seen in many developing countries, like India. Indian culture subtly favours men when it comes to access to resources. For instance, questions arise about whether all men in Indian society are treated equally and have equal access to resources. Very … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 22, Issue 1 · 21 Apr 2026 · 2,790 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWhat Factors Determine Family Spending on Education in India and Does it Vary Across Well-Being Measures?Geetha Rani PrakasamThe present paper estimates the drivers of family spending on education across economic groups. The questions that are explored include: (i) Does family spending on education vary across economic groups and over time? (ii) The subsidiary question is to understand the gender bias in education spending across these groups. As a corollary to this, at which levels of education and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 19, Issue 1 · 16 May 2023 · 6,524 accessesView PDF Cite