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Do the Effects of Temporary Ethnic Group Quotas Persist? Evidence from India

Author(s) -

Rikhil R. Bhavnani

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

american economic journal applied economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.996

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1945-7782

pISSN - 1945-7790

DOI - 10.1257/app.20160030

Subject(s) - ethnic group , demographic economics , contrast (vision) , economics , natural experiment , development economics , political science , law , medicine , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science

Do electoral quotas for ethnic groups continue to improve their chances of winning elections after quotas are withdrawn?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.

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