Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India
This paper analyzes how preferences for a noneconomic characteristic (e.g., caste) can affect equilibrium patterns of matching, and empirically evaluates this in the context of middle-class Indian arranged marriages. We show theoretically how the equilibrium consequences of caste depend on whether p...
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| Language: | English |
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American Economic Association,
2013-11-27T19:38:20Z.
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