Yet another take on why caste as an institution seems to persist in the wake of sweeping economic changes. This paper by Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, Maitreesh Ghatak and Jeanne Lafortune is definitely an interesting read. Abhijit Banerjee recently won the Infosys Foundation award in economics for the year 2009.
Caste and Marriage
01 Tuesday Dec 2009
Posted in socioeconomic perspectives
Economics for India 