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The Economics of Caste and of the Rat Race and Other Woeful Tales
Abstract
I. Introduction, 599.—II. Sharecropping, 601.—III. Work conditions: the rat race, 603.—IV. Statistical discrimination, 606.—V. Caste and group organizations, 608.—VI. Conclusions, 617.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Akerlof, G.
- Venue
- The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1976-11
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 599
- ISSN
- 0033-5533 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1988443868
- Cited by
- 1,010
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 30.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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