Replication data for: Traditional Institutions Meet the Modern World: Caste, Gender, and Schooling Choice in a Globalizing Economy
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Project Citation:
Munshi, Kaivan, and Rosenzweig, Mark. Replication data for: Traditional Institutions Meet the Modern World: Caste, Gender, and Schooling Choice in a Globalizing Economy. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116231V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This paper addresses the question of how traditional institutions interact with the
forces of globalization to shape the economic mobility and welfare of particular
groups of individuals in the new economy. We explore the role of one such
traditional institutionthe caste systemin shaping career choices by gender in
Bombay using new survey data on school enrollment and income over the past 20
years. We find that male working-classlower-castenetworks continue to channel
boys into local language schools that lead to the traditional occupation, despite the
fact that returns to nontraditional white-collar occupations rose substantially in the
1990s, suggesting the possibility of a dynamic inefficiency. In contrast, lower-caste
girls, who historically had low labor market participation rates and so did not benefit
from the network, are taking full advantage of the opportunities that became available
in the new economy by switching rapidly to English schools. (JEL I21, J16, O15, Z13)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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I21 Analysis of Education
J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
I21 Analysis of Education
J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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