Caste Comparisons in India: Evidence From Subjective Well-Being Data

Fontaine, Xavier; Yamada, Katsunori

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.025

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“…Other studies in developing countries also show relative positions matter. A recent study on India (Fontaine & Yamada, 2014) found three interesting results that support positional concerns are important in developing countries. First, within-caste comparisons reduce well-being; expenditure by others from the same caste triggers stronger envy than providing a positive signal about one's future prospects.…”

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Social Preferences and Agricultural Innovation: An Experimental Case Study from Ethiopia

Kebede

Zizzo

2015

World Development

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We run an experiment in Ethiopia where farmers can use their own money to decrease the money of others (money burning). The data support the prediction from an inequality aversion model based on absolute income differences; but there is no support for an inequality aversion model based on comparison with mean payoff of others. Experimentally measured money burning on the village level is negatively correlated to real-life agricultural innovations. This result is robust even when data from another independent survey than the current research are used. This underscores the importance of social preferences in agricultural innovations in developing countries

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Social Preferences and Agricultural Innovation: An Experimental Case Study from Ethiopia

Kebede

Zizzo

2015

World Development

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“…Our paper complements earlier work on subjective well-being in India. Two studies conclude, based on different research strategies, that others' income (both from one's own as well as from different castes) does have a depressing impact on happiness in India, especially for lower castes (Fontaine and Yamada, 2014) and those on low incomes (Carlsson et al, 2009). 2 Linssen et al (2011) use a small panel dataset on rural Indians to study the effect of relative consumption on happiness, considering the other villagers as the reference group.…”

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The relationship between status and happiness: Evidence from the caste system in rural India

Landeghem

Vandeplas

2018

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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“…Thapan (2003), in a study of subjective well-being in India found that education, number and sex of children, social relationships, deprivation, and social norms for women are all significant determinants in India. Others, studying various developing countries, have found that well-being is associated with income (Argyle, 2003), relative standing (Bookwalter & Dalenberg, 2010), income inequality (Jiang, Lu, & Sato, 2012), rural-urban migration (Knight & Gunatilaka, 2010), caste (Fontaine & Yamada, 2014), political liberalization (Richter, 2009) and urban vs. rural settings (Easterlin, Angelescu, & Zweig, 2011).…”

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The Intrinsic Value of Agency: The Case of Indonesia

2015

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This paper analyzes the relationship between agency and Indonesian women's well-being. The existing debate on empowerment mostly focuses on agency's instrumental value, how agency benefits development and household/women's welfare. We depart from this debate by considering the intrinsic value of agency for women using the Indonesia Family Life Survey. We measure agency based on the decisions women make within their households. We find the effects of agency are not unambiguously positive. Agency has intrinsic value, seen in its strong relationship to well-being in certain spheres, which is moderated by the 'burden of responsibility' that seems to be felt by decision-makers.

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Caste Comparisons in India: Evidence From Subjective Well-Being Data

Cited by 34 publications

References 25 publications

Social Preferences and Agricultural Innovation: An Experimental Case Study from Ethiopia

Social Preferences and Agricultural Innovation: An Experimental Case Study from Ethiopia

The relationship between status and happiness: Evidence from the caste system in rural India

The Intrinsic Value of Agency: The Case of Indonesia

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