perception of gender roles and attitudes around female labour force participation. We use third party vignettes to directly test … the validity of the hypothesis that lower castes have more egalitarian gender norms and lower acceptance of restrictions … on female autonomy. We find that the relationship between conservative gender norms and caste are in turn influenced by …

that the 'intersectionality' between gender and caste leads to increased gender inequality among professionals in India …Using a field experiment in India where patients are randomly assigned to rank among a set of physicians of the same … gender but with different castes and years of experience, we show that the differences in patients' physician choices are …

medium enterprises in India: their characteristics and evolution over time -- Access to credit and small firm growth … -- gender, small firm ownership and credit constraints -- Caste, finance and firm performance. …. This book investigates the role of credit constraints in determining the performance of MSMEs in India and considers how …

policy initiatives -- Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India: their characteristics and evolution over time … -- Access to credit and small firm growth -- Gender, small firm ownership and credit constraints -- Caste, finance and firm …

This paper investigates the role of social identity, namely gender and caste of individuals, in stream choice at the … higher secondary level of schooling in India. We analyze the choice of science stream that is a crucial determinant of …’s education significantly explain some portion of the caste-based gaps, but they do not explain the gender gap that persists even …