Caste dominance and economic performance in Rural India

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 423-457

  Iversen, Vegard ^a   Kalwij, Adriaan ^b   Verschoor, Arjan ^c   Dubey, Amaresh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL POWER; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLITICS; VILLAGE;

INDIA;

EID: 84898850881     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675388     Document Type: Article

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