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Affirmative action: meaning, intentions, and impacts in the big pictureThis paper provides a broad overview of the meaning of affirmative action and its intended and unintended impacts...
Affirmative action Horizontal inequality Literature surveyWorking Paper
Affirmative action with no major switching: Evidence from a top university in BrazilAffirmative action in higher education may lead to mismatch, a situation where students benefiting from preferential admission struggle with their college-level work because of poor pre-college academic preparation...
Affirmative action Higher education BrazilWorking Paper
Do disadvantaged students benefit from attending classes with more skilled colleagues?: Evidence from a top university in BrazilPeers play an essential role in cognitive and non-cognitive skills formation. Ordinal rank may also change incentives and environment, impacting students’ efforts...
Affirmative action Peer effect Ranking effectWorking Paper
The effect of class assignment on academic performance and the labour market: Evidence from a public federal university in BrazilCan students’ rank in the ability distribution of their class impact their academic achievement?...
Affirmative action Brazil EducationJournal Article
Can Business Rights Alleviate Group-Based Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa?: Understanding the Limits to ReformPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
Group-based inequality Minorities BusinessBlog
Affirmative action policies and South Africa’s racial wage gap
Racial wage inequality and discrimination have pervaded South African society for centuries. Apartheid legislation cemented these disparities by institutionalizing white job reservation and many other unfair practices...
Affirmative action Discrimination ApartheidWorking Paper
Business rights and ethnic exclusion in sub-Saharan Africa: Addressing group-based inequality through business rights reformThe business rights pillar of the Legal Empowerment of the Poor agenda is not preoccupied with equality of outcome; it concentrates instead on equality of opportunity...
Legal empowerment Entrepreneurship Affirmative actionProject
Discrimination and affirmative action - what have we learnt so far?
Theme: Inclusion
Discrimination Class InequalityProject
Disadvantaged groups and social mobilityTheme: Inclusion
This project has three main objectives in line with UNU-WIDER’s tradition in the area of inclusion and horizontal inequality: (1) to shed further light on the extent to which inequalities run along ethnic, gender, and other communal lines; (2...
Disadvantaged groups Social mobility Group-based inequality