Partial Compliance with Affirmative Action Bans: Evidence from University of California Admissions

Luppino, Marc

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2347148

“…In addition, Antonovics and Backes (2014a) present evidence suggesting that campuses of the University of California changed the weight given in admissions decisions to applicant characteristics in a way that increased minority admissions rates. Moreover, Luppino (2013) and Yagan (2016) find that admissions advantages for minority students did not disappear at the University of California after the affirmative action ban.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Affirmative Action and Racial Segregation

Hinrichs

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2020

The Journal of Law and Economics

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Prior research suggests that statewide affirmative action bans reduce minority enrollment at selective colleges while leaving overall minority college enrollment unchanged. However, the effect of these bans on across-college racial segregation has not yet been estimated. This effect is theoretically ambiguous due to a U-shaped relationship across colleges between minority enrollment and college selectivity. This paper uses variation in the timing of affirmative action bans across states to estimate their effects on racial segregation as measured by standard exposure and dissimilarity indexes, finding that affirmative action bans have increased segregation across colleges in some cases but reduced it in others. In particular, early affirmative action bans in states with highly selective public universities appear to be associated with less segregation, whereas more recent affirmative action bans appear to be associated with more segregation.

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“…In addition, Antonovics and Backes (2014a) present evidence suggesting that campuses of the University of California changed the weight given in admissions decisions to applicant characteristics in a way that increased minority admissions rates. Moreover, Luppino (2013) and Yagan (2016) find that admissions advantages for minority students did not disappear at the University of California after the affirmative action ban.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Affirmative Action and Racial Segregation

Hinrichs

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2019

Working Paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)

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Affirmative Action and Racial SegregationPeter HinrichsPrior research suggests that statewide affirmative action bans reduce minority enrollment at selective colleges while leaving overall minority college enrollment unchanged. However, the effect of these bans on across-college racial segregation has not yet been estimated. This effect is theoretically ambiguous due to a U-shaped relationship across colleges between minority enrollment and college selectivity. This paper uses variation in the timing of affirmative action bans across states to estimate their effects on racial segregation as measured by standard exposure and dissimilarity indexes, finding that affirmative action bans have increased segregation across colleges in some cases but reduced it in others.In particular, early affirmative action bans in states with highly selective public universities appear to be associated with less segregation, whereas more recent affirmative action bans appear to be associated with more segregation.

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“…In addition, Antonovics and Backes (2014a) present evidence suggesting that campuses of the University of California changed the weight given in admissions decisions to applicant characteristics in a way that increased minority admissions rates. Moreover, Luppino (2013) and Yagan (2016) find that admissions advantages for minority students did not disappear at the University of California after the affirmative action ban.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Affirmative Action and Racial Segregation

Hinrichs

¹

2016

Working Paper (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland)

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Prior research suggests that statewide affirmative action bans reduce minority enrollment at selective colleges while leaving overall minority college enrollment unchanged. However, the effect of these bans on across-college racial segregation has not yet been estimated. This effect is theoretically ambiguous due to a U-shaped relationship across colleges between minority enrollment and college selectivity. This paper uses variation in the timing of affirmative action bans across states to estimate their effects on racial segregation as measured by standard exposure and dissimilarity indexes, finding that affirmative action bans have increased segregation across colleges in some cases but reduced it in others. In particular, early affirmative action bans in states with highly selective public universities appear to be associated with less segregation, whereas more recent affirmative action bans appear to be associated with more segregation.

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Partial Compliance with Affirmative Action Bans: Evidence from University of California Admissions

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