Affirmative action and educational attainment of disadvantaged religious minorities: Evidence from India.

We examine whether affirmative action incentivizes a disadvantaged religious minority group in India to obtain additional years of education. We study the implementation of quotas in government hiring and university admissions for backward‐class Muslims in 2007 in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh....

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Published in:	Economic Inquiry Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 1367 - 1386
Main Authors:	Surana, Mitul, Rai, Rajnish
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Oct2025
Subjects:	Andhra Pradesh (India) India Educational attainment Muslims Affirmative action programs University & college admission Gender differences (Sociology) Religious minorities
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