Pastine, Tuvana and Pastine, Ivan (2011) Preferential Treatment in College Admissions and Student Incentives. Working Paper. NUI Maynooth. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Keywords:	Affirmative Action; College Admissions; All-Pay Auction; Contest; Tournament;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics, Finance and Accounting
Item ID:	2824
Identification Number:	N218-11
Depositing User:	Ms Sandra Doherty
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2011 11:45
Publisher:	NUI 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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