Affirmative action and the quality-fit trade-off

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-51

  Arcidiacono, Peter ^a   Lovenheim, Michael ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 84962610299     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.54.1.3     Document Type: Review

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