Hierarchies in social identities have been found to be integrally related to divergences in economic status. In India …, caste is one such significant social identity where continued discriminatory practices towards the lower castes have … resulted in poor outcomes for them. While there is considerable work on such divergence on many economic outcomes along caste …

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. …

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …

collaborative contact, through random assignment to homogeneous-caste or mixed-caste teams, and adversarial contact, through random … assignment of opponents. Collaborative contact increases cross-caste friendships and efficiency in trade, and reduces own-caste … favoritism. In contrast, adversarial contact generally reduces cross-caste interaction and efficiency. League participation …