College Admission and High School Integration

Fernanda Estevan, Thomas Gall and Patrick Legros

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Abstract: We investigate whether a policy intended to promote diversity in college by admitting a uniform top quantile from each high school can modify high-school segregation 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)
Pages: 48 p.
Date: 2017-05
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