Caste comparisons : Evidence from India

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Author: Fontaine, Xavierほか

Publisher: The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University

Publication date: 2013-03

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Note (General)：: The caste issue dominates a large part of India’s social and political life. Caste shapes Indians’ identities, and strong tensions exist between caste...

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Material Type: 文書・図像類
Title: Caste comparisons : Evidence from India
Author/Editor: Fontaine, Xavier
Yamada, Katsunori
Author Heading: Fontaine, Xavier
Yamada, Katsunori
https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/nrid/1000080533603
Publication, Distribution, etc.: The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
Publication Date: 2013-03
Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2013-03
Periodical title: Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers
No. or year of volume/issue: 867
Volume: 867
Text Language Code: eng
Subject Heading: Subjective Well-being
Relative Utility
Caste classes
India
Panel Data
Target Audience: 一般
Note (General): The caste issue dominates a large part of India’s social and political life. Caste shapes Indians’ identities, and strong tensions exist between castes. This paper evaluates how caste-based comparisons may be exacerbated in such a conflictual context. Using subjective well-being data from an original panel survey, together with a national representative survey on expenditure, we find that both within-caste comparisons and between-rival-caste comparisons reduce well-being. Between-caste comparisons affect well-being three times more than within-caste comparisons. In absolute value, an increase in rival castes’ expenditure affects well-being as much as own expenditure. These findings highlight the strength of comparisons between rival castes. Yet this comparison scheme turns out to be asymmetrical: only low castes care about the economic successes of their rivals, and only high-caste Indians compete with their fellows.
References (URI): http://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/library/dp/2013/DP0867.pdf
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http://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/library/dp/2013/DP0867.pdf
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