Student incentives and diversity in college admissions

This 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.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Pastine, Ivan ; Pastine, Tuvana
Publisher:	Dublin : University College Dublin, UCD School of Economics
Subject:	Affirmative action \| College admissions \| All-pay auction \| Contest \| Tournament

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Series:	UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series ; WP09/11
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	740360388 [GVK] hdl:10419/71309 [Handle] hdl:10197/2608 [Handle] RePEc:ucn:wpaper:200911 [RePEc]
Classification:	H0 - Public Economics. General ; J7 - Discrimination
Source:	EconStor

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