AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND DYNAMICS OF WORK‐ETHIC PREFERENCES
研究补偿性歧视的平权政策如何影响种姓隔离经济中不同群体对职业道德偏好的文化传递，发现职位预留政策不一定以牺牲效率为代价。
This study examines the cultural‐transmission effects of compensatory‐discrimination affirmative action policies on work‐ethic preference dynamics for a population in a caste‐based segregated economy in which some high‐paid jobs are reserved for historically disadvantaged lower‐caste individuals. Cultural attitudes toward preferences for work‐loving and leisure‐loving traits evolve endogenously. The compensatory‐discrimination policies affect differently the preference dynamics for insiders (entitled to employment quota) and outsiders (not entitled to employment quota). Efficient and inefficient equilibria are possible, with larger or smaller proportions of individuals with a work ethic among the insider and outsider populations. The model shows that the commonly conceived conclusion that a job reservation policy benefits a disadvantaged group at the cost of efficiency and economic growth is not a necessary outcome.