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Why is Mobility in India so Low? Social Insurance, Inequality, and Growth

This paper examines the hypothesis that the persistence of low spatial and marital mobility in rural India, despite increased growth rates and rising inequality in recent years, is due to the existence of sub-caste networks that provide mutual insurance to their members. Unique panel data providing...

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Main Author: Kaivan Munshi and Mark R. Rosenzweig
Format: Printed Book
Published: BREAD Working Paper No. 097 2005
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/001914.pdf

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