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dc.contributor.authorHoff, Karla Ruthen
dc.contributor.authorKshetramade, Mayureshen
dc.contributor.authorFehr, Ernsten
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-03-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:07:05Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:07:05Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20090909555en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36230-
dc.description.abstractWell-functioning groups enforce social norms that restrain opportunism, but the social structure of a society may encourage or inhibit norm enforcement. Here we study 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 we control 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4343en
dc.subject.jelD02en
dc.subject.jelD64en
dc.subject.ddc300en
dc.subject.keywordSocial normsen
dc.subject.keywordinformal sanctionsen
dc.subject.keywordthird party punishmenten
dc.subject.keywordendogenous social preferencesen
dc.subject.keywordsocial exclusionen
dc.subject.keywordcollective actionen
dc.subject.keywordcasteen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Schichten
dc.subject.stwSoziale Normen
dc.subject.stwNormbefolgungen
dc.subject.stwRechtsdurchsetzungen
dc.subject.stwIndienen
dc.titleCaste and punishment: the legacy of caste culture in norm enforcement-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn609426192en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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