There seems to be an obsession with quotas everywhere I look. Just this week, I’ve seen articles about quotas for Muslims, for SMEs, for SC/ST/OBCs. There are quotas in education and employment, in government procurement.
“If discrimination against a historically oppressed social group is dismantled, will the group forge ahead? Hoff and Pandey present experimental evidence that a history of social and legal disabilities may have persistent effects on a group’s earnings through its…