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Double jeopardy? Caste, affirmative action, and stigma
Deshpande, Ashwini - 2016
This paper presents the results of an attitude survey administered to university students in India that attempts to delineate the social-psychological mechanisms of 'externalization' and 'internalization' to understand the possible consequences of stigma associated with caste-based affirmative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532400
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Affirmative action policy in developing countries: Lessons learned and a way forward
Kaletski, Elizabeth; Prakash, Nishith - 2016
ethnic and racial minorities and women, with not only anti-discrimination legislation, but also affirmative action policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532378
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Affirmative action policies and the evolution of post-apartheid South Africa's racial wage gap
Burger, Rulof; Jafta, Rachel; von Fintel, Dieter - 2016
Racial wage inequality and discrimination have pervaded South African society for centuries. Apartheid legislation … decomposition methodology that tracks changes in the discrimination component of the wage gap over time. It accounts for biases … shows that 2003 was a turning point, when black-white discrimination started to decline continuously thereafter. The …
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Affirmative action: Meaning, intentions, and impacts in the big picture
Kuitunen, Satu - 2022
This paper provides a broad overview of the meaning of affirmative action and its intended and unintended impacts. The paper is a literature review and does not make any arguments specifically for or against affirmative action but describes the broad arguments and findings in the existing...
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Does affirmative action address ethnic inequality? A systematic review of the literature
Schotte, Simone; Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Leone, Tharcisio - 2023
Despite the good intentions behind affirmative action (AA) policies to mediate 'horizontal inequalities' between ethnic groups, the evidence on their effectiveness remains open to debate. In this study, we conduct a systematic review of the literature with global scope, to add new clarity on...
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The impact of affirmative action in India and the United States: A systematic literature review
Schotte, Simone; Leone, Tharcisio; Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2023
This paper provides a systematic review of quantitative literature investigating the success of affirmative action (AA) policies in addressing socio-economic inequalities between ethnic groups in education and employment. We focus on two of the most influential national experiences: caste-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477539
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Affirmative action around the world: Insights from a new dataset
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Schotte, Simone; Kim, Min J. - 2023
Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477628
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The politics of affirmative action: Ethnicity, equity, and state-business relations in Malaysia
Gomez, Edmund Terence - 2022
Malaysia provides for interesting paradoxes. Poverty was reduced by adopting a horizontal perspective to policy planning through affirmative action targeting one ethnic group lagging economically in society. However, outcomes of affirmative action include growing wealth and income disparities, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322598
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Social mobility and inequality between groups
Funjika, Patricia; Gisselquist, Rachel M. - 2020
groups in many societies. Group-based discrimination, among other factors, contributes. The paper further explores empirical …
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Fiscal policy, labour market, and inequality: Diagnosing South Africa's anomalies in the shadow of racial discrimination
D'Agostino, Giorgio; Giuli, Francesco; Lorusso, Marco; … - 2020
Inequality in South Africa is the enduring legacy of racial discrimination. We use a dynamic perspective to show the … linkages between persistent effects of discrimination in the labour market and the efficacy of redistributive fiscal policy in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424109