and services. On the one hand, it pushes beyond purely economic inequality to include status inequality between population …: the absenteeism of service providers. We provide experimental evidence that in a situation of status inequality between … perceived to belong to low-status ethnic groups. In particular, we present results from two complementary randomized survey …

We investigate the importance of relative income within the Indian Caste system, using a choice experiment. We find …, which is comparable to the results from previous studies in other countries. Belonging to a low caste and having a low … family income are associated with higher concern for relative income. Moreover, an increase in the mean income of the caste …

when this is costly. Our results suggest that discrimination arises due to consumption value considerations. We investigate … third party perceptions of discrimination by asking experimental subjects to predict elimination decisions. Subjects …

significantly worse. The mean decomposition reveals that as much as 55 per cent of the caste earnings gap could be attributed to the … face greater discrimination. …

-employment in India, and examine how these are shaped by social identity, namely, caste. We also investigate if institutional change … between caste identity and actual earnings. We find that caste identity does shape both perceptions of income adequacy as well …. Further, the employment guarantee scheme alters self-perceptions differentially for different caste groups, but in more …

-employment in India, and examine how these are shaped by social identity, namely, caste. We also investigate if institutional change … between caste identity and actual earnings. We find that caste identity does shape both perceptions of income adequacy as well …. Further, the employment guarantee scheme alters self-perceptions differentially for different caste groups, but in more …

-based discrimination in the Indian private sector. On average low-caste applicants need to send 20 percent more resumes than high-caste … high and low-caste applicants are not entirely due to statistical discrimination. High-caste applicants are also …Caste-based quotas in hiring have existed in the public sector in India for decades. Recently there has been debate …

-based discrimination in the Indian private sector. On average low-caste applicants need to send 20 percent more resumes than high-caste … and low-caste applicants are not entirely due to statistical discrimination. High-caste applicants are also differentially …Caste-based quotas in hiring have existed in the public sector in India for decades. Recently there has been debate …

much as 55 percent of the caste earnings gap could be attributed to the unexplained component. Quantile regressions suggest …-owned businesses at the lower and middle end of the conditional earnings distribution face greater discrimination. …

: identity-based crimes and murders. The increase in identity-based crimes (based on caste) is consistent either with better …