Castes and labor mobility

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 274-307

  Hnatkovska, Viktoria ^a   Lahiri, Amartya ^a   Paul, Sourabh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b National Council of Applied Economic Research   (India)

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EID: 84865964508     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.2.274     Document Type: Article

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