tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143201.post1922003206619723435..comments2024-03-28T22:26:25.034+05:30Comments on Alternative Perspective: "Opportunity Structure" & Un-earned PrivilegesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143201.post-6315279287789017292007-06-06T11:10:00.000+05:302007-06-06T11:10:00.000+05:30Dear Prof. Shukla,your blog brings me to another t...Dear Prof. Shukla,<BR/><BR/>your blog brings me to another thought on inequality: we often want the best for ourselves but when it comes to giving the less privileged, albeit the very basic needs in life,we seldom compromise. An instance that happened earlier this week: our neighbour who works with a renowned IT organization stated matter of factly that he just works 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, nothing more. That its very important to have a work life balance, etc etc<BR/><BR/>Yesterday, his wife employed my maid and wanted me to mediate the negotiations between them as there was a communication problem. I said that I paid the maid X amount per month etc and gave her a weekly off. The wife's instant reaction was, "My God, so she will come only for 6 days? What do I do now? It will be so difficult to manage" <BR/><BR/>And they talk about work life balance...Veenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586310334412409380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143201.post-81973010916713700222007-06-02T06:51:00.000+05:302007-06-02T06:51:00.000+05:30Thanks for the links, Prof!I was awae of the Hoff-...Thanks for the links, Prof!<BR/>I was awae of the Hoff-Pandey experiment, but had not read the full report... will also go though the other link.<BR/><BR/>The other studies that I know were done by Robert Rosenthal on "Pygmalian Effect". I had blogged about that earlier. A good write-up on that is here:<BR/><A HREF="http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/4/cu7.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/4/cu7.html</A>madhukarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02721957971977767171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143201.post-34651039012238506882007-06-01T05:04:00.000+05:302007-06-01T05:04:00.000+05:30Professor Shukla,You might have already written ab...Professor Shukla,<BR/>You might have already written about these matters; I have been following your blog off and only for an year. I think that growing up privileged or not has effect performance and 'success' later. I had some harijan classmates who were doing very well up to sixth grade and whose education faltered by the 11th grade; one of them used to be first in the class until the sixth grade. During the 70's and 80's I taught off and on for six years in USA. I felt that students from Africa and and West Indies were doing better than some minority groups from USA. You might have already written about the Hoff-Pandey experiments in U.P:<BR/>http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/bpde2004/hoff.pdf<BR/>There are some other studies which I have not completely read yet:<BR/>http://www.arts.cornell.edu/econ/CAE/06-06.pdf<BR/>http://www.econ.upf.edu/docs/seminars/oxoby.pdf<BR/>http://www.physorg.com/news99239898.html<BR/>it would be good to know of more such studies that you can recommend. Thanks.<BR/>Swarupgaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.com