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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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Format: | Printed Book |
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BREAD Working Paper No. 097
2005
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Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/001914.pdf |