Marry for what? Caste and mate selection in modern india

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 33-72

  Banerjee, Abhijit ^a   Duflo, Esther ^a   Ghatak, Maitreesh ^b   Lafortune, Jeanne ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 84878971447     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.5.2.33     Document Type: Article

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