College Admission and High School Integration

Fernanda Estevan, Thomas Gall, Patrick Legros and Andrew Newman ()
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Andrew Newman: Boston University

No 2017-022, Working Papers from Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group

Abstract: We investigate whether a policy that bases college admission on relative performance can modify the degree of racial or ethnic segregation in high schools by inducing students to relocate to schools with weaker competition. Theoretically, such school arbitrage will neutralize the admissions policy at the college level. It will result in partial desegregation of the high schools if flows are sufficiently unbiased. These predictions are supported by empirical evidence on the effects of the Texas Top Ten Percent Law, indicating that a policy intended to support diversity at the college level actually helped achieve it in the high schools.

Keywords: matching; Affirmative Action; education; college admission; high school desegregation; Texas Top Ten Percent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C78 D45 I23 J78 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-03
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