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27 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13891
The Gender of Debt and Credit: Insights from Rural Tamil Nadu
Isabelle Guérin, Christophe Jalil Nordman, Elena Reboul
forthcoming in: World Development, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13847
The Impact of Employment Quotas on the Economic Lives of Disadvantaged Minorities in India
Nishith Prakash
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 180, 494-509
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13711
The Ties That Bind Us: Social Networks and Productivity in the Factory
Farzana Afridi, Amrita Dhillon, Swati Sharma
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13515
Social Identity, Behavior, and Personality: Evidence from India
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Subha Mani, Smriti Sharma, Saurabh Singhal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12538
Those Who Can't Sort, Steal: Caste, Occupational Mobility, and Rent-Seeking in Rural India
Nicholas Lawson, Dean Spears
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12016
Touch Thee Not: Group Conflict, Caste Power, and Untouchability in Rural India
Indraneel Dasgupta, Sarmistha Pal
forthcoming in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12016
Touch Thee Not: Group Conflict, Caste Power, and Untouchability in Rural India
Indraneel Dasgupta, Sarmistha Pal
forthcoming in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11521
Using Social Connections and Financial Incentives to Solve Coordination Failure: A Quasi-Field Experiment in India's Manufacturing Sector
Farzana Afridi, Amrita Dhillon, Sherry Xin Li, Swati Sharma
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 144, 102445
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10595
Where's the Teacher? How Teacher Workplace Segregation Impedes Teacher Allocation in India
Sonja Fagernäs, Panu Pelkonen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10394
The Spillover Effects of Affirmative Action on Competitiveness and Unethical Behavior
Ritwik Banerjee, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Marie Claire Villeval
published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 101, 567-604
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10308
Household Income Mobility in India: 1993-2011
Mehtabul Azam
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10198
Identity, Perceptions and Institutions: Caste Differences in Earnings from Self-Employment in India
Deepti Goel, Ashwini Deshpande
published in: Review of Development Economics, 24(2), 339-361
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8446
Awareness Programs and Change in Taste-based Caste Prejudice
Ritwik Banerjee, Nabanita Datta Gupta
published in: PLOS One, 2015, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118546
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8191
Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India
Florencia López Bóo, Maria Eugenia Canon
published in:Economics Letters, 2014, 124(1), 55-59
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7608
Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in India
Mehtabul Azam
published as 'Intergenerational Occupational Mobility among Men in India' in: Journal of Development Studies , 2015, 51(10), 1389-1408
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7587
The Informal Labour Market in India: Transitory or Permanent Employment for Migrants?
Pramod N. (Raja) Junankar, Abu S. Shonchoy
published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2014, 3:9
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6295
Is Caste Destiny? Occupational Diversification among Dalits in Rural India
Ira N. Gang, Kunal Sen, Myeong-Su Yun
published in: European Journal of Development Research, 2017, 29(2), 476–492
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5919
Tastes, Castes, and Culture: The Influence of Society on Preferences
Ernst Fehr, Karla Hoff
published in: Economic Journal, 2011, 121 (556), 396-412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5894
Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?
Larry L. Howard, Nishith Prakash
published in: International Review of Applied Economics, 2012, 26 (4), 489 - 513
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4386
Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota
Nishith Prakash
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4343
Caste and Punishment: The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
Karla Hoff, Mayuresh Kshetramade, Ernst Fehr
published in: Economic Journal, 2011, 121 (556), 449-475
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4009
The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India
Sonia R. Bhalotra, Christine Valente, Arthur van Soest
Journal of Health Economics, 2010, 29 (2), 191-204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3707
The Elite and the Marginalised: An Analysis of Public Spending on Mass Education in the Indian States
Sarmistha Pal, Sugata Ghosh
revised version published as 'Poverty, Elite Heterogeneity, and the Allocation of Public Spending: Panel Evidence from the Indian States' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (1), 51–78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3453
Was the Mandal Commission Right? Living Standard Differences between Backward Classes and Other Social Groups in India
Ira N. Gang, Kunal Sen, Myeong-Su Yun
published in: Economic and Political Weekly, 2011, 46(39), 43-51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2852
Elite Dominance and Under-Investment in Mass Education: Disparity in the Social Development of the Indian States, 1960-92
Sarmistha Pal, Sugata Ghosh
revised version published as: 'Poverty, Elite Heterogeneity and the Allocation of Public Spending: Panel Evidence from the Indian States' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2012, 58 (1), 51-78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2008
Earnings Inequality in India: Has the Rise of Caste and Religion Based Politics in India Had an Impact?
Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty
published in: A. Shariff and R. Besant (eds.), Handbook of Muslims in India, Oxford University Press, 2010, New Delhi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 629
Caste, Ethnicity and Poverty in Rural India
Ira N. Gang, Kunal Sen, Myeong-Su Yun
revised version published as 'Poverty in Rural India: Caste and Tribe' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2008, 54 (1), 50-70
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