REVERSE DISCRIMINATION AND EFFICIENCY IN EDUCATION*
从效率角度论证反向歧视政策的合理性，发现来自高潜力个体比例较低群体的高潜力者应获得更多教育，以优化教育资源配置。
This article shows that reverse discrimination policies can find a justification purely on efficiency grounds. We study the optimal provision of education when households belong to different groups, differing in the distribution of the potential to benefit from education among individuals, which is private information. The main result is that high‐potential individuals from groups with relatively few high‐potential individuals should receive more education than otherwise identical individuals from groups with a more favorable distribution of these benefits.