| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w20629 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 20629 |
| Affirmative Action and Stereotypes in Higher Education Admissions | |
| Prasad Krishnamurthy; Aaron Edlin | |
| 发表日期 | 2014-10-27 |
| 出版年 | 2014 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We analyze how admission policies affect stereotypes against students from disadvantaged groups. Many critics of affirmative action argue that lower admission standards cause such stereotypes and suggest group-blind admissions as a remedy. We show that when stereotypes result from social inequality, they can persist under group-blind admissions. In such cases, eliminating stereotypes perversely requires a higher admission standard for disadvantaged students. If a school seeks both to treat students equally and limit stereotypes, the optimal admission policy would still impose a higher standard on disadvantaged students. A third goal, such as equal representation, is required to justify group-blind admissions. Even when there is such a third goal, group-blind admissions are optimal only when the conflicting goals of equal representation and limiting stereotypes exactly balance. This is an implausible justification for group-blind admission because it implies that some schools desire higher standards for disadvantaged students. Schools that do not desire such higher standards will typically find some amount of affirmative action to be optimal. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics ; Market Structure and Distribution ; Welfare and Collective Choice ; Economics of Information ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education ; Other ; Law and Economics |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w20629 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/578303 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Prasad Krishnamurthy,Aaron Edlin. Affirmative Action and Stereotypes in Higher Education Admissions. 2014. |
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