Quota versus Quality? Long-Term Gains from an Unusual Gender Quota
研究取消小学男教师40%配额对学生的长期影响，发现接触配额男教师的学生在义务教育后过渡更顺利，25岁时教育程度和劳动力参与度更高，表明配额改善了人才配置。
We evaluate equity-efficiency trade-offs from admissions quotas by examining effects on output once beneficiaries start producing in the relevant industry. We estimate the impact of abolishing a 40 percent quota for male primary school teachers on their pupils’ long-run outcomes. We combine this reform with the timing of union-bargained teacher retirements to isolate quasi-random variation in male quota teachers. Pupils exposed to male quota teachers transition more smoothly to postcompulsory education and have higher educational attainment and labor force attachment at age 25. Evidence suggests the quota improved the allocation of talent by mending imperfections in the unconstrained selection process.