Does Affirmative Action Work? Evaluating India’s Quota System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6246773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander Lee (0000-0002-5446-7293, University of Rochester, NY, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1534-1564 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010414021989755 |
| OpenAlex | W3127239433 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 23 |
This paper examines two common critiques of ethnic quota policies in government hiring and education: that they do not benefit the target group, and that any benefits are unevenly distributed within the target group. It focuses on the effects of educational and hiring quotas for Other Backward Class (OBC) castes in India, using difference-in-difference and triple difference designs that take advantage of the gradual introduction of these quotas. The results provide little support for these critiques: affirmative action is associated with small increases in educational attainment and government employment among eligible age cohorts, though the increases in government employment may be a result of other social and political trends. These benefits extend even to poorer OBCs (though not the very poorest), and increase the chances of social contact between uneducated OBCs and government officials
Action (physics · Affirmative action · Demographic economics · Development economics · Difference in differences · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · Labour economics · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Work (physics · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · School Choice and Performance · Social and Economic Development in India
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |