Does Affirmative Action Work? Caste, Gender, College Quality, and Academic Success in India

Public policy in modern India features affirmative action programs intended to reduce inequality that stems from a centuries-old caste structure and history of disparate treatment by gender. We study the effects of one such affirmative action program: an admissions policy that fixes percentage quota...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American economic review 2016-06, Vol.106 (6), p.1495-1521
Hauptverfasser:	Bagde, Surendrakumar, Epple, Dennis, Taylor, Lowell
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Admissions policies Affirmative action Caste College admissions Colleges & universities Economics Effectiveness studies Engineering Entrance examinations Ethnicity Extracurricular activities Gender Gender differences Higher education Public policy Shorter Papers Students Studies Success
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