Caste Reparations: Economic Advance, Social Concord, and Policy Backlash

• In Event: The Political Economy of Representation: caste, gender and ethnicity

Brief Overview

This study examines reparations for marginalized caste groups in India using a natural experiment and original survey of 3000 households. Wealth transfers improved economic status and reduced intergroup conflict, but policy backlash emerged.

Authors

• Gautam Nair, Harvard Kennedy School

• Akshay Dixit, Harvard University