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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spelling	okr-10986-42332021-04-23T14:02:16Z Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement Hoff, Karla Kshetramade, Mayuresh Fehr, Ernst 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 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 hierarchy - the caste system - affects individuals' willingness to punish violations of a cooperation norm. Although the analysis controls for individual wealth, education, and political participation, low-caste individuals exhibit a much lower willingness to punish norm violations that hurt members of their own caste, suggesting a cultural difference across caste status in the concern for members of one s own community. The lower willingness to punish may inhibit the low caste s ability to sustain collective action and so may contribute to its economic vulnerability. 2012-03-19T19:12:19Z 2012-03-19T19:12:19Z 2009-09-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090908084948 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4233 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5040 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Hoff, Karla Kshetramade, Mayuresh Fehr, Ernst Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5040
description	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 hierarchy - the caste system - affects individuals' willingness to punish violations of a cooperation norm. Although the analysis controls for individual wealth, education, and political participation, low-caste individuals exhibit a much lower willingness to punish norm violations that hurt members of their own caste, suggesting a cultural difference across caste status in the concern for members of one s own community. The lower willingness to punish may inhibit the low caste s ability to sustain collective action and so may contribute to its economic vulnerability.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Hoff, Karla Kshetramade, Mayuresh Fehr, Ernst
author_facet	Hoff, Karla Kshetramade, Mayuresh Fehr, Ernst
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title	Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
title_short	Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
title_full	Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
title_fullStr	Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
title_full_unstemmed	Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
title_sort	caste and punishment : the legacy of caste culture in norm enforcement
publishDate	2012
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Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement

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