Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement

Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement

Well-functioning groups enforce social norms that restrain opportunism, but the social structure of a society may encourage or inhibit norm enforcement. This paper studies how the exogenous assignment to different positions in an extreme social hie...

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Main Authors: Hoff, Karla, Kshetramade, Mayuresh, Fehr, Ernst
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ANTHROPOLOGISTS
APARTHEID
ARGUMENTS
BRIBERY
BROTHERS
CASTE DISCRIMINATION
CASTES
CIVIL SOCIETY
COOPERATIVE LENDING
CORRUPTION
COUPLES
CULTURAL STUDIES
CULTURES
DAILY LIFE
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DISCRIMINATION
DIVERSITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC RIGHTS
ELITE
ELITES
EVERYDAY LIFE
EXCLUSIONS
EXTORTION
FAMILIES
FARMER
FARMERS
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GROUP IDENTIFICATION
GROUP MEMBERSHIP
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN BEHAVIOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
IDENTITY
INEQUALITIES
INEQUALITY
INTERGROUP RELATIONS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
JUSTICE
LAND OWNERSHIP
LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS
MARRIAGES
MIGRATION
MURDER
NORMS
OPPRESSION
PAYOFFS
POWER
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUNISHMENT
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
RAPE
REPRESSION
RITUAL
RITUALS
RULE OF LAW
SANCTIONS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL EXCLUSION
SOCIAL GROUPS
SOCIAL LIFE
SOCIAL NETWORK
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
SOCIAL RIGHTS
SOCIAL STATUS
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
SOCIETIES
STEREOTYPING
TRADITIONS
VICTIMS
VILLAGE
VILLAGES
VIOLENCE
VULNERABILITY
WELFARE STATE
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4233

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4233

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