Reservations
There seems to be an obsession with quotas everywhere I look. Just this week, I’ve seen articles about quotas for Muslims, for SMEs, for SC/ST/OBCs. There are quotas in education and employment, in government procurement. These quotas concern me on several levels and for a variety of reasons. Quotas don’t make economic sense. Quotas say [...]
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“If discrimination against an historically oppressed social group is dismantled, will the group forge ahead? Hoff and Pandey present experimental evidence that a history of social and legal disabilities may have persistent effects on a group’s earnings through its impact on individuals’ expectations. In the first experiment, 321 high-caste and 321 low-caste junior high school [...]
“If discrimination against an historically oppressed social group is dismantled, will the group forge ahead? Hoff and Pandey present experimental evidence that a history of social and legal disabilities may have persistent effects on a group’s earnings through its impact on individuals’ expectations. In the first experiment, 321 high-caste and 321 low-caste junior high school [...]
