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Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy approach to addressing group-based inequalities. It is adopted in dozens of countries around the world in the areas of, for instance, university enrolment, public employment, and...
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Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy approach for addressing group-based inequalities along ethnic, religious, and racial lines (e.g. horizontal inequalities). It is adopted in dozens of countries around the world in...
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action policies can provide promising opportunities for escaping this inequality trap. However, political support for these …
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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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consequences of group-based inequality. This paper argues that a class-based lens has dominated the social protection framework. In … poverty and wellbeing. This framing is reflective of Brazil's national narrative on race relations and the idea that class and …-poverty conditional cash transfer programme, Bolsa Família (2003-21), is emblematic of the country's universal and 'race-blind' approach …
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inequality as a social dynamic within the space of support and evaluate whether providing worseoff others corresponds to former … discriminatory practices under the apartheid regime. My results suggest that inequality has normalized a sense of support as …
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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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sustained or significant desegregation. Occupations remain highly segmented by race, with blacks disproportionally holding low …
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fields of law and economics. This is an introductory/framing paper for a collection of studies on legal empowerment and group …-based inequality to be published in a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies. It provides a brief introduction to legal … considering the impact of legal empowerment and other development interventions. Second, that the state, via the law, contributes …
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Racial wage inequality and discrimination have pervaded South African society for centuries. Apartheid legislation …
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