01041pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002100040245007300061260000900134300001600143362001100159520065600170650001000826700002500836773003400861180718b2007   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aThorat, Sukhadeo  aCaste and economic discrimination: causes, consequences and remedies  c2007  ap.4121-124.  a13 Oct  aThis paper provides a theoretical introduction to the study of discrimination with particular reference to the caste system. It sets the stage for the four empirical papers that follow, by highlighting the ways in which caste persists as a system of inequality that burdens the Indian economy with inefficiencies in the allocation of labour and other critical resources, reducing the full development of human capital in society. Far from disappearing as the economy modernises, discrimination remains a problem which, for reasons outlined here, is not amenable to self correction, but rather requires interventionist policies to remedy. - Reproduced.  aCaste  aNewman, Katherine S.  aEconomic and Political Weekly