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Affirmative Action and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Brazil Marcos Hirai Catao

May 10, 2024

by Marcos Hirai Catao Abstract In this study, I examine the effects of affirmative action (AA) policies on high school students’ incentives to invest in human capital, focusing on the Brazilian Quotas Law (QL). This law mandates that federal higher education institutions reserve half of their seats for students from public high schools. Utilizing administrative […]

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Revisiting California Proposition 209: Changes in Science Persistence Rates and Overall Graduation Rates

June 3, 2022

by Anh-Huy Nguyen Abstract California Proposition 209 outlawed race-based affirmative action in the University of California (UC) system in 1998. However, the UC system subsequently shifted towards race-blind affirmative action by also reweighing factors other than race in the admissions process. To evaluate the hypothetical changes in the science persistence rate and graduation rate of […]

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