experiment was administered in USA and in Italy to a sample of 150 university students. The research is innovative both for the … political affiliation). The students’ preferences seem to be quite similar when the nationality of the respondents is taken into …

50 percent admission quota for historically disadvantaged students. I study the implications of this regulation on the … academic performance of non-targeted students. Identification rests on the use of pre-law crosswise variation in specially … enrollment of targeted students due to the affirmative action caused an increase in the variance of academic ability within …

measure the self-confidence of more than 2,000 students applying to colleges in France. The best female students and students … and high-SES students. By matching our survey data with administrative data on real college applications and admissions … randomized intervention that corrects students' under-and overconfidence by informing them of their real rank in the grade …