@article{Gipta:284870,
      recid = {284870},
      author = {Gipta, Ishika and Veettil, Chellattan and Speelman, Stijn},
      title = {Caste, Technology and Social Network},
      address = {2017-01},
      number = {2196-2019-1326},
      pages = {18},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {This paper analyzes the role of informal social networks  in the technology diffusion in a caste based society where  social hierarchical structure is prevalent. Often  information and technology diffusion get constrained within  the social and economic boundaries. In a complex and  hierarchical social system where caste plays a very  decisive role in everyday life as well as the political and  policy fabric of the regional, state and national system;  proper targeting and dissemination of technology to the  marginalized sections of the society is very important for  their development. Taking diffusion of improved rice  varieties as an example, we analyse whether technology  diffusion is confined within caste based social network or  technology can break the caste boundaries and spreads  across the social network.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/284870},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.284870},
}