Affirmative Action

Peter Arcidiacono and Anne C. Gielen

Percent plans, automatic admissions, and college outcomes

Access to selective universities is highly coveted because of the perception that attending one provides opportunities otherwise difficult to obtain. To broaden access to the state’s flagship universities in a...

Authors: Lindsay Daugherty, Paco Martorell and Isaac McFarlin Jr

Citation: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2014 3:10

Content type: Original article Published on: 22 October 2014
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Affirmative action and university fit: evidence from Proposition 209

Proposition 209 banned the use of racial preferences in admissions at public colleges in California. We analyze unique data for all applicants and enrollees within the University of California (UC) system befo...

Authors: Peter Arcidiacono, Esteban Aucejo, Patrick Coate and V Joseph Hotz

Citation: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2014 3:7

Content type: Original article Published on: 15 September 2014
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The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry

This paper examines how banning affirmative action in university admissions affects both overall academic achievement and the racial gap in academic achievement prior to college entry. Focusing on college-boun...

Authors: Kate Antonovics and Ben Backes

Citation: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2014 3:5

Content type: Original article Published on: 29 August 2014
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