Untouchability, homicides and water access

Murders against the ex-untouchables are related to the way water is distributed. * Evidence of the resilience of untouchability practices throughout India. * Social norms may exclude one group from effective public goods access. * Thereby stressing another effect of social fragmentation on public goods access. This paper contributes to a burgeoning literature on the role of social norms in preventing some groups from accessing public goods. We examine the case of untouchability rules in India that forbid sharing water with low castes. We show that homicide rates of low castes individuals at th... Mehr ...