We investigate the impact of community power on the practice of untouchability in rural India. We model two …-dimensional simultaneous group conflict over social norms, wherein an upper and backward (OBC) caste Hindu bloc contests the 'scheduled' castes … bloc will increase the likelihood of an upper caste or OBC Hindu household practising untouchability. An increase in that …

We investigate the impact of community power on the practice of untouchability in rural India. We model two …-dimensional simultaneous group conflict over social norms, wherein an upper and backward (OBC) caste Hindu bloc contests the 'scheduled' castes … bloc will increase the likelihood of an upper caste or OBC Hindu household practising untouchability.An increase in that of …

We investigate the impact of community power on the practice of untouchability in rural India. We model two …-dimensional simultaneous group conflict over social norms, wherein an upper and backward (OBC) caste Hindu bloc contests the ‘scheduled’ castes … bloc will increase the likelihood of an upper caste or OBC Hindu household practising untouchability. An increase in that …

– engaged in by upper and intermediate caste (OBC) Hindus vis-à-vis ‘scheduled’ castes (SCs) in rural India. Despite legal … that an upper caste or OBC household’s propensity to practise untouchability is determined not solely by its own … characteristics but, crucially, also by the inter-group distribution of resources across both caste and religious divides, via the …

-establishing interaction between individuals belonging to opposing groups. Applying this model to caste conflict in India, we find that greater … inequality among upper caste and OBC Hindus might reduce the registered rate of crimes against SCs committed by such individuals …-level annual crime and household consumption data from India over the period 2005-2021, we find robust empirical support for these …

groups. Applying this model to caste conflict in India, we find that greater inequality among non-Scheduled Caste (non …

This paper presents the results of an attitude survey administered to university students in India that attempts to … of stigma associated with caste-based affirmative action (AA). Despite a significant gap in entry scores at admission to … evaluate externalization and attitudes towards AA, there are clear and significant differences between caste groups that reveal …

antidiscrimination law across a variety of contexts including discrimination in labor markets, housing markets, consumer purchases, and … policing. The different models of discrimination based on animus, statistical discrimination, and cartel exploitation are … analyzed for both race and sex discrimination. I explore the theoretical arguments for prohibiting private discriminatory …

This paper presents the results of an attitude survey administered to university students in India that attempts to … of stigma associated with caste-based affirmative action (AA). Despite a significant gap in entry scores at admission to … evaluate externalization and attitudes towards AA, there are clear and significant differences between caste groups that reveal …

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 … high and low-caste applicants are not entirely due to statistical discrimination. High-caste applicants are also …