Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram; Sadka, Efraim - In: Journal of Public Economics 93 (2009) 9-10, pp. 1027-1035
In this paper, we discuss a novel aspect of affirmative action policy. We examine its redistributive role, asking whether in an egalitarian society, supplementing the tax-transfer system with an affirmative action policy would enhance social welfare. We demonstrate that affirmative action could...