Ashwini Deshpande on Gender and Caste Discrimination and Affirmative Action in India
Ideas of India
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Is the Cut Off Really a Market Clearing Mechanism?
While the cut off is seen as an indicator of merit, it's really a market clearing mechanism. It's justu cut off is a number that arises when such that the number of entrance to a college is equal to the number of seats that are vacant. If there are a thousand people applying to hundred positions, 900 will not get in no matter what. The real question is one that has actually been examined in a paper by marianne bertram sendel, mulla northen and rima hanna. Theyve looked at the position of affirmative action beneficiaries seven to ten years down the line. And they find that those who were displaced from reservation got higher income levels than their
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