Replication data for: Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Abhijit Banerjee; Esther Duflo; Maitreesh Ghatak; Jeanne Lafortune
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Project Citation:
Banerjee, Abhijit, Duflo, Esther, Ghatak, Maitreesh, and Lafortune, Jeanne. Replication data for: Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114406V1
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Summary:
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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 preferences are towards one's own group or for "marrying up." We then estimate actual preferences for caste and other attributes using a unique dataset of individuals who placed matrimonial advertisements and find only a strong preference for in-caste marriage. This translates, in equilibrium, in caste doing little to alter the matching patterns on non-caste attributes. (JEL C78, J12, O15, O17, Z13)
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JEL Classification:
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C78 Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
C78 Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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