Affirmative action, education and gender: Evidence from India
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Affirmative Action and Peer Effects: Evidence from Caste Based Reservation in General Education Colleges in India
Proponents of affirmative action policies in higher education argue that the beneficiaries of affirmative action could gain academically from positive peer effects, whereas critiques argue that they could fall behind due to competition with better prepared peers. I examine this hypothesis in the context of caste based affirmative action in college admissions in India. Admission to general educa...
متن کاملAffirmative action in education: Evidence from engineering college admissions in India
Many countries mandate affirmative action in university admissions for traditionally disadvantaged groups. Little is known about either the efficacy or costs of these programs. This paper examines affirmative action in engineering colleges in India for “lower-caste” groups. We find that it successfully targets the financially disadvantaged: the marginal upper-caste applicant comes from a more a...
متن کاملPreferences, Gender Segregation and Affirmative Action
Preferences, Gender Segregation and Affirmative Action In the UK concern has been expressed over the degree of gender occupational segregation. Though there are no general provisions for affirmative action, it does apply in limited areas and pro-active measures have been suggested. In this paper we focus on gender differences in work preferences in relation to job satisfaction, risk aversion an...
متن کاملEndogenous Affirmative Action: Gender Bias Leads to Gender Quotas∗
The adoption of gender quotas in electoral lists, like the recent “parity law” in France, can be fully rationalized on the basis of the self interest of male incumbent politicians. This paper explains why the parity law was approved in its form and, at the same time, why it has not been very effective. The existence of a voters’ bias in favor of male candidates is sufficient to convince the inc...
متن کاملAffirmative Action and Diversity in Public Education: Legal Developments
More than three decades after the Supreme Court ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the diversity rationale for affirmative action in public education remains a topic of political and legal controversy. Many colleges and universities have implemented affirmative action policies not only to remedy past discrimination, but also to achieve a racially and ethnically diverse ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Development Economics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0304-3878
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.10.001