Affirmative action through minority reserves: An experimental study on school choice

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2016
Volume: 139
Issue: C
Pages: 72-75

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0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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Abstract

Minority reserves are an affirmative action policy proposed by Hafalir et al. (2013) in the context of school choice. In a laboratory experiment, we find that adding minority reserves to the GS and TTC mechanisms has positive effects on stability but is quite disappointing in terms of efficiency. Also GS induces higher rates of truth-telling by minority students and thus outclasses TTC.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:139:y:2016:i:c:p:72-75
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25