-10, we investigate the relationship between social identity, specifically caste identity in India, and perceptions of self …, and how institutional change can influence it. Our main finding is that caste identity in contemporary India does shape … party in power) mitigates this relationship. Finally, we examine the relationship between caste identity and actual earnings …

In the context of strikingly low literacy rates among Indian women and low caste population, the paper explores whether … and the capitalists. We distinguish the dominant elite from the minority elite (i.e., elected women and low caste …

in the literature by conducting a state-of-the-art scenario experiment with genuine American recruiters. In the … experiment, we ask recruiters to assess fictitious job applicants of various race-ethnicities but consistent social class. The …

The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims … literature that debates the importance of socioeconomic status (SES) in determining health and survival. They augment a growing …

, and health worker visits in rural India. We estimate the effect of minority representation on the frequency of visits to … legislative assemblies mandated by the Constitution of India. Using data from state and village level surveys on fifteen major … medical units. On the other hand, Scheduled Caste representatives have a tendency to decrease the frequency of visits by …

Using a field experiment in India where patients are randomly assigned to rank among a set of physicians of the same … that the 'intersectionality' between gender and caste leads to increased gender inequality among professionals in India … female doctors suffer. Further, we find that gender discrimination is greater for lower caste doctors, who typically suffer …

caste status and occupational segregation that has existed historically in India. We find evidence that the occupational …The caste system – a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy – distinguishes India from most other societies …. Among the most distinctive factors of the caste system is the close link between castes and occupations, especially in rural …

Since 1989, there has been a sharp increase in the role of caste and religion in determining political fortunes at both … state and federal levels in India. As a consequence, significant intercaste and inter-religion differences in earnings have … unexplored. We address this lacuna in the literature, and explore the determinants of the differences in inter-caste and inter …

Three important features of Indian labor markets enduringly coexist: rent-seeking, occupational immobility, and caste … explains these facts as an equilibrium outcome. Some people switch caste-associated occupations for an easier source of rents … facts exploiting a unique survey question on casteism in India, which we show is associated with rent-seeking …