Preferential Treatment in College Admissions and Student Incentives
Pastine, Tuvana and Pastine, Ivan (2011) Preferential Treatment in College Admissions and Student Incentives. NUI Maynooth. AbstractThis paper examines student incentives when faced with a college admissions policy which pursues
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.
| Keywords: | Affirmative Action; College Admissions; All-Pay Auction; Contest; Tournament; |
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| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Economics |
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| ID Code: | 2824 |
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| Deposited By: | Ms Sandra Doherty |
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| Deposited On: | 15 Nov 2011 11:45 |
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| Publisher: | NUI Maynooth |
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