Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
Well-functioning groups enforce social norms that restrain opportunism, but the social structure of a society may encourage or inhibit norm enforcement. This paper studies how the exogenous assignment to different positions in an extreme social hierarchy - the caste system - affects individuals' willingness to punish violations of a cooperation norm. Although the analysis controls for individual wealth, education, and political participation, low-caste individuals exhibit a much lower willingness to punish norm violations that hurt members of their own caste, suggesting a cultural difference across caste status in the concern for members of one s own community. The lower willingness to punish may inhibit the low caste s ability to sustain collective action and so may contribute to its economic vulnerability.
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dig-okr-1098642332024-08-08T16:19:34Z Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement Hoff, Karla Kshetramade, Mayuresh Fehr, Ernst ANTHROPOLOGISTS APARTHEID ARGUMENTS BRIBERY BROTHERS CASTE DISCRIMINATION CASTES CIVIL SOCIETY COOPERATIVE LENDING CORRUPTION COUPLES CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURES DAILY LIFE DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCRIMINATION DIVERSITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RIGHTS ELITE ELITES EVERYDAY LIFE EXCLUSIONS EXTORTION FAMILIES FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROUP IDENTIFICATION GROUP MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN BEHAVIOR HUMAN RIGHTS IDENTITY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERGROUP RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS MARRIAGES MIGRATION MURDER NORMS OPPRESSION PAYOFFS POWER PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUNISHMENT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RAPE REPRESSION RITUAL RITUALS RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL LIFE SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETIES STEREOTYPING TRADITIONS VICTIMS VILLAGE VILLAGES VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WELFARE STATE Well-functioning groups enforce social norms that restrain opportunism, but the social structure of a society may encourage or inhibit norm enforcement. This paper studies how the exogenous assignment to different positions in an extreme social hierarchy - the caste system - affects individuals' willingness to punish violations of a cooperation norm. Although the analysis controls for individual wealth, education, and political participation, low-caste individuals exhibit a much lower willingness to punish norm violations that hurt members of their own caste, suggesting a cultural difference across caste status in the concern for members of one s own community. The lower willingness to punish may inhibit the low caste s ability to sustain collective action and so may contribute to its economic vulnerability. 2012-03-19T19:12:19Z 2012-03-19T19:12:19Z 2009-09-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090908084948 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4233 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5040 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain |
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ANTHROPOLOGISTS APARTHEID ARGUMENTS BRIBERY BROTHERS CASTE DISCRIMINATION CASTES CIVIL SOCIETY COOPERATIVE LENDING CORRUPTION COUPLES CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURES DAILY LIFE DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCRIMINATION DIVERSITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RIGHTS ELITE ELITES EVERYDAY LIFE EXCLUSIONS EXTORTION FAMILIES FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROUP IDENTIFICATION GROUP MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN BEHAVIOR HUMAN RIGHTS IDENTITY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERGROUP RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS MARRIAGES MIGRATION MURDER NORMS OPPRESSION PAYOFFS POWER PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUNISHMENT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RAPE REPRESSION RITUAL RITUALS RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL LIFE SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETIES STEREOTYPING TRADITIONS VICTIMS VILLAGE VILLAGES VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WELFARE STATE ANTHROPOLOGISTS APARTHEID ARGUMENTS BRIBERY BROTHERS CASTE DISCRIMINATION CASTES CIVIL SOCIETY COOPERATIVE LENDING CORRUPTION COUPLES CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURES DAILY LIFE DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCRIMINATION DIVERSITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RIGHTS ELITE ELITES EVERYDAY LIFE EXCLUSIONS EXTORTION FAMILIES FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROUP IDENTIFICATION GROUP MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN BEHAVIOR HUMAN RIGHTS IDENTITY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERGROUP RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS MARRIAGES MIGRATION MURDER NORMS OPPRESSION PAYOFFS POWER PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUNISHMENT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RAPE REPRESSION RITUAL RITUALS RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL LIFE SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETIES STEREOTYPING TRADITIONS VICTIMS VILLAGE VILLAGES VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WELFARE STATE |
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ANTHROPOLOGISTS APARTHEID ARGUMENTS BRIBERY BROTHERS CASTE DISCRIMINATION CASTES CIVIL SOCIETY COOPERATIVE LENDING CORRUPTION COUPLES CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURES DAILY LIFE DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCRIMINATION DIVERSITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RIGHTS ELITE ELITES EVERYDAY LIFE EXCLUSIONS EXTORTION FAMILIES FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROUP IDENTIFICATION GROUP MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN BEHAVIOR HUMAN RIGHTS IDENTITY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERGROUP RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS MARRIAGES MIGRATION MURDER NORMS OPPRESSION PAYOFFS POWER PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUNISHMENT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RAPE REPRESSION RITUAL RITUALS RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL LIFE SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETIES STEREOTYPING TRADITIONS VICTIMS VILLAGE VILLAGES VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WELFARE STATE ANTHROPOLOGISTS APARTHEID ARGUMENTS BRIBERY BROTHERS CASTE DISCRIMINATION CASTES CIVIL SOCIETY COOPERATIVE LENDING CORRUPTION COUPLES CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURES DAILY LIFE DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCRIMINATION DIVERSITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RIGHTS ELITE ELITES EVERYDAY LIFE EXCLUSIONS EXTORTION FAMILIES FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROUP IDENTIFICATION GROUP MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN BEHAVIOR HUMAN RIGHTS IDENTITY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERGROUP RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS MARRIAGES MIGRATION MURDER NORMS OPPRESSION PAYOFFS POWER PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUNISHMENT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RAPE REPRESSION RITUAL RITUALS RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL LIFE SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETIES STEREOTYPING TRADITIONS VICTIMS VILLAGE VILLAGES VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WELFARE STATE Hoff, Karla Kshetramade, Mayuresh Fehr, Ernst Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement |
description |
Well-functioning groups enforce social
norms that restrain opportunism, but the social structure of
a society may encourage or inhibit norm enforcement. This
paper studies how the exogenous assignment to different
positions in an extreme social hierarchy - the caste system
- affects individuals' willingness to punish violations
of a cooperation norm. Although the analysis controls for
individual wealth, education, and political participation,
low-caste individuals exhibit a much lower willingness to
punish norm violations that hurt members of their own caste,
suggesting a cultural difference across caste status in the
concern for members of one s own community. The lower
willingness to punish may inhibit the low caste s ability to
sustain collective action and so may contribute to its
economic vulnerability. |
topic_facet |
ANTHROPOLOGISTS APARTHEID ARGUMENTS BRIBERY BROTHERS CASTE DISCRIMINATION CASTES CIVIL SOCIETY COOPERATIVE LENDING CORRUPTION COUPLES CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURES DAILY LIFE DEVELOPMENT BANK DISCRIMINATION DIVERSITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC RIGHTS ELITE ELITES EVERYDAY LIFE EXCLUSIONS EXTORTION FAMILIES FARMER FARMERS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GROUP IDENTIFICATION GROUP MEMBERSHIP HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN BEHAVIOR HUMAN RIGHTS IDENTITY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INTERGROUP RELATIONS INTERNATIONAL BANK JUSTICE LAND OWNERSHIP LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS MARRIAGES MIGRATION MURDER NORMS OPPRESSION PAYOFFS POWER PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUNISHMENT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION RAPE REPRESSION RITUAL RITUALS RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL LIFE SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL RIGHTS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIETIES STEREOTYPING TRADITIONS VICTIMS VILLAGE VILLAGES VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WELFARE STATE |
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Hoff, Karla Kshetramade, Mayuresh Fehr, Ernst |
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Hoff, Karla Kshetramade, Mayuresh Fehr, Ernst |
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Hoff, Karla |
title |
Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement |
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Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement |
title_full |
Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement |
title_fullStr |
Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement |
title_full_unstemmed |
Caste and Punishment : The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement |
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caste and punishment : the legacy of caste culture in norm enforcement |
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2009-09-01 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090908084948 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4233 |
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