Does Political Affirmative Action Work, and for Whom? Theory and Evidence on India's Scheduled Areas

Keyphrases

• India 100%
• Affirmative Action 100%
• Scheduled Areas 100%
• Public Goods 33%
• Large Gain 33%
• Economic Power 33%
• Political Power 33%
• General Public 33%
• Overcompensation 33%
• Political Office 33%
• Skeptics 33%
• Pro-poor 33%
• Rural Roads 33%
• Overall Outcome 33%
• Overall Development 33%
• National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 33%
• Workfare Program 33%
• Historically Disadvantaged 33%
• Scheduled Tribes 33%

Social Sciences

• India 100%
• Equal Opportunity 100%
• Public Goods 33%
• Economic Power 33%
• Political Power 33%
• Population Group 33%
• Workfare 33%

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

• Public Goods 100%
• Workfare 100%