known about either the efficacy or costs of these programs. This paper examines affirmative action in engineering colleges … in India for quot;lower-castequot; groups. We find that it successfully targets the financially disadvantaged: the … lower-caste admits end up employed in engineering or advanced technical jobs. Finally, we find no evidence that the marginal …

known about either the efficacy or costs of these programs. This paper examines affirmative action in engineering colleges … in India for "lower-caste" groups. We find that it successfully targets the financially disadvantaged: the marginal upper … employed in engineering or advanced technical jobs. Finally, we find no evidence that the marginal upper-caste applicant who is …