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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...
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Affirmative action around the world : insights from a new dataset (update)
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Kim, Min J.; Schotte, Simone; … - 2024
Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635280
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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/10014250060
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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/10013549826
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Affirmative action and long-run changes in group inequality in India
Kumar, Hemanshu; Somanathan, Rohini - 2016
Research on caste-based inequalities in India has generally focused on differences between large categories such as the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, and the remainder of the population. We contribute to the literature on horizontal inequalities in India by looking within these...
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Affirmative action policies and the evolution of post-apartheid South Africa's racial wage gap
Burger, Rulof; Jafta, Rachel; Fintel, Dieter von - 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 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 …
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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 …
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The legal basis for affirmative action in India
Munusamy, Kiruba - 2022
The affirmative action policy in India came into practice because of the generations of struggle undergone by the untouchable castes and other backward classes, who were historically excluded from education and administration. As society changed, it was inevitable that the vulnerable groups who...
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Business rights and ethnic exclusion in sub-Saharan Africa : addressing group-based inequality through business rights reform
Taylor, Scott D. - 2016
members of groups that have faced historical discrimination in business. In order to understand some of the ways in which the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573362