Caste disparities and affirmative action in India
利用2019-21年印度家庭健康调查数据，估计了表列种姓与表列部落、其他落后阶级和高种姓群体在教育、职业和财富上的差距，发现种姓差距依然显著，并评估了2006年高等教育预留政策对落后阶级的积极影响。
Abstract This paper uses data from the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS) for India for 2019–21 to present estimates of contemporary caste gaps in education, occupational distribution, and wealth between three broad groups: Scheduled Castes–Scheduled Tribes (SC–ST), Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and Others, the latter being a proxy for higher-ranked castes and communities. We find the caste gaps continue to be significant, indicating the persistence of the traditional caste hierarchy. We then assess how these gaps have evolved since the previous round of NFHS (2015–16). We find convergence in asset ownership between OBCs and Others. Finally, using a difference-in-differences estimator, we identify the direct impact of the extension of reservations in the arena of tertiary education in 2006 to the OBCs. We find a positive impact on the probability of acquiring tertiary education in the treated cohorts of OBCs.