Do the Effects of Temporary Ethnic Group Quotas Persist? Evidence from India
研究了印度为“表列种姓”设立的选举配额在取消后是否仍能提高其当选概率，发现效果未能持续，与女性配额的积极效果形成对比。
Do electoral quotas for ethnic groups continue to improve their chances of winning elections after quotas are withdrawn? This is an important question since ethnic group quotas are common, and are often intended to be temporary. Using natural experiments, I find that electoral quotas for India's “scheduled castes” (SCs) fail to boost SCs' chances of winning office after they are discontinued. These results contrast with the significant positive effects of past women's quotas found in similar contexts.