Intergenerational effects of affirmative action in higher education: Evidence from India

Pragati, and Sounak Thakur

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 244, issue C

Abstract: We study the intergenerational effects of affirmative action in higher education on children's nutritional outcomes. Our context is India, where we exploit a policy-induced introduction of reservation of seats in higher education for the socially disadvantaged Other Backward Classes. We find that children of exposed mothers are less likely to be stunted. The effect is more pronounced for daughters. Higher levels of education and greater autonomy amongst treated mothers plausibly drive these results.

Keywords: Affirmative action; Intergenerational; Health; Education; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I28 J16 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112010

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