The effect of banning affirmative action on college admissions policies and student quality

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 295-322

  Antonovics, Kate ^a   Backes, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b American Institutes for Research (AIR)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; HIGHER EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; STUDENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898024583     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.49.2.295     Document Type: Article

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