Pastine, Ivan and Pastine, Tuvana (2011) Preferential Treatment in College Admissions and Student Incentives. Department of Economics Finance & Accounting Working Paper N218-11. Working Paper. National University of Ireland Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
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Abstract
student body diversity. The effect of a diversify-conscious admissions policy critically depends on the design of the policy. If the admissions policy fails to incentivize students from a disadvantaged socioeconomic background it may lead to a deterioration in the intergroup score gap while failing to improve student body diversity in equilibrium.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Keywords: | Affirmative Action; College Admissions; All-Pay Auction,; Contest; Tournament; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting |
| Item ID: | 2741 |
| Depositing User: | Tuvana Pastine |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2011 15:29 |
| Publisher: | National University of Ireland Maynooth |
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| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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