Affirmative action, education and gender: Evidence from India

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Cassan, Guilhem
• 署名单位: University of Namur
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.10.001
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 51-70
• 关键词: identity; Scheduled caste; quota; affirmative action; GENDER; INDIA; education; Intersectionality

摘要

This paper studies the impact of India's affirmative action policies for Scheduled Castes on educational attainment. Using a plausibly exogenous variation, I show that affirmative action increases educational attainment. The main improvements are in literacy and secondary schooling and there is only small evidence of increases in higher education. The benefits are not distributed evenly across genders: only males show an increase in education (in literacy, primary and secondary completion). Individuals at the intersection of discriminated groups (low caste and female) may not be benefiting from these policies.