Locus of control, social identity en indebtedness in South India

Locus de contrôle, identité sociale et endettement en Inde du Sud

Arnaud Natal and Christophe Jalil Nordman ()
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Christophe Jalil Nordman: IFP - Institut Français de Pondichéry - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IC Migrations - Institut Convergences Migrations - French Collaborative Institute on Migration [Aubervilliers]

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Abstract: Using original data on 1635 individuals in rural South India, we analyse the correlation between debt, locus of control (LOC) and social identity (gender and caste) of borrowers. While LOC is correlated with debt negotiation, we find that the relationship is strongest for non-dalits (middle and upper castes) men. This result suggests that a more internal LOC is an additional advantage in negotiation for individuals with an already favourable social position.

Keywords: Gender; Caste; Personality; Personnalité; Genre (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in Revue d'Economie du Développement, 2022, 31 (2), pp.95-101. ⟨10.3917/edd.362.0095⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/edd.362.0095

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