Arcidiacono, Peter, Aucejo, Esteban, Coate, Patrick and Hotz, V. Joseph (2013) Affirmative action and university fit: evidence from Proposition 209. CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP1224). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.
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Abstract
Proposition 209 banned the use of racial preferences in admissions at public colleges in California. We analyze unique data for all applicants and enrollees within the University of California (UC) system before and after Prop 209. After Prop 209, graduation rates increased by 4.4%. We present evidence that certain institutions are better at graduating more-prepared students while other institutions are better at graduating less-prepared students and that these matching effects are particularly important for the bottom tail of the qualification distribution. We find that Prop 209 led to a more efficient sorting of minority students and the sorting effects explain over 20% of the graduation rate increase. Further, universities appear to have responded to Prop 209 by investing more in their students, explaining between 30-45% of the graduation rate increase.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/series.asp?... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races L Education > L Education (General) |
| JEL classification: | I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I20 - General |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2013 11:25 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 19:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/51565 |
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