We examine spending on consumption items which have signaling value in social interactions across groups with … representative micro data on household consumption expenditures. We find that disadvantaged caste groups such as Other Backward … Castes spend nine percent more on visible consumption than Brahmin and High Caste groups while social groups such as Muslims …

We examine spending on consumption items which have signaling value in social interactions across groups with … representative micro data on household consumption expenditures, we find that disadvantaged caste groups such as Other Backward … Castes spend 8 percent more on visible consumption than Brahmin and High Caste groups while social groups such as Muslims …

We examine spending on consumption items which have signaling value in social interactions across groups with … representative micro data on household consumption expenditures. We find that disadvantaged caste groups such as Other Backward … Castes spend nine percent more on visible consumption than Brahmin and High Caste groups while social groups such as Muslims …