Affirmative Action and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

被引：2
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作者：
Cotton, Christopher S. S. [1 ]
Hickman, Brent R. R. [2 ]
Price, Joseph P. P. [3 ]
机构：
[1] Queens Univ, Kingston, ON, Canada
[2] Washington Univ, St Louis, MO 63110 USA
[3] Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT 84602 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS | 2022年 / 40卷 / 01期
关键词：
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; ACHIEVEMENT EVIDENCE; IMPACT;
D O I：
10.1086/713743
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
We conduct a field experiment paying students according to relative performance on a mathematics exam and tracking study efforts on a mathematics website to test the incentive effects of affirmative action (AA) policies on study effort and math proficiency. AA increases study effort and exam performance for the majority of disadvantaged students targeted by the policy. While the performance of the highest-ability students targeted by the AA policy declines, on average study activity and exam performance rise under AA. Overall, the experimental evidence suggests that AA can promote greater equality of market outcomes while narrowing achievement gaps.
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页数：29
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