Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India
Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India
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DOI：
10.1257/mic.5.2.33
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发表时间：
2013-05-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Lafortune, Jeanne
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作者：
Banerjee, Abhijit;Duflo, Esther;Lafortune, Jeanne
本文分析了对非经济特征(例如种姓)的偏好如何影响匹配的均衡模式，并在印度中产阶级包办婚姻的背景下对此进行了实证评估。我们从理论上展示了种姓的均衡结果是如何取决于偏好是偏向于自己的群体还是偏向于“结婚”。然后，我们使用发布婚姻广告的个人的独特数据集估计对种姓和其他属性的实际偏好，发现只有强烈的种姓婚姻偏好。平衡地讲，这在种姓中几乎不会改变非种姓属性上的匹配模式。
This paper analyzes how preferences for a noneconomic characteristic (e.g., caste) can affect equilibrium patterns of matching, and empirically evaluates this in the context of middle-class Indian arranged marriages. We show theoretically how the equilibrium consequences of caste depend on whether preferences are towards one's own group or for "marrying up." We then estimate actual preferences for caste and other attributes using a unique dataset of individuals who placed matrimonial advertisements and find only a strong preference for in-caste marriage. This translates, in equilibrium, in caste doing little to alter the matching patterns on non-caste attributes.