Caste System

Caste System

In standard economics, individuals are rational actors and economic forces undermine institutions that impose large inefficiencies. The persistence of the caste system is evidence of the need for psychologically more realistic models of decision-ma...

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Main Author: Hoff, Karla
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2017
Subjects:
culture
caste
discrimination
endogamy
stereotype threat
social identity
psychology
institutions
behavioral economics
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/452461482847661084/Caste-system
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25832

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/452461482847661084/Caste-system
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25832

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