When:
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
Where: Online
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
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Economics
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Group: Department of Economics: Development Economics Lunch Seminar
Category: Academic
Siddhant Agarwal (Northwestern University): "Breaking Caste Barriers: Reservations and Endogamy"
Abstract: Endogamy remains the strongest pillar supporting the caste system in India. In this paper, I propose to estimate the effect that affirmative action favouring backward castes, in the form of reserved quotas in government jobs and universities, might have on caste endogamy. I hope to use online marriage portal data to estimate any potential decreases in the demand for endogamous partners, and commonly-used survey data to estimate effects on actual marriage outcomes.