reputable arranged-marriage market that is prone to strong caste-status based discrimination. We place newspaper advertisements … of lower-caste potential grooms by systematically varying their caste and monthly income and analyze the corresponding …, discriminatory behavior of higher-status females decreases with an increase in the advertised monthly income of lower-status males …

relationship to identify subsistence needs of different family types and to calculate income inequality. …Different family types may have a fixed flow of consumption costs, related to subsistence needs. We use a survey method … direct questions about the linkup between aggregate disposable family income and well-being for different family types …