Blog
Affirmative action policies and South Africa’s racial wage gap
by
James Stewart
March 2017
Racial wage inequality and discrimination have pervaded South African society for centuries. Apartheid legislation cemented these disparities by...
Blog
Affirmative action policies to increase diversity are successful, but controversial, around the world
In a landmark judgment in June 2023, the US Supreme Court ruled against the use of race-conscious admissions in colleges and universities. This...
Panel discussion
Addressing group-based inequalities presents at the APSA 2022 annual meeting
On 17 September 2022 UNU-WIDER is organising a panel at the 2022 American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition on the topic of Addressing ethnic inequality: Experiences of reform. The panel, chaired by UNU-WIDER Senior...
6 September 2022
Palais de congrés de Montréal ,
Montreal,
Canada
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER shares research results at Aarhus University workshop on Inequality, Democracy, and Development
UNU-WIDER Senior Research Fellow Rachel M. Gisselquist presents at the workshop on Inequality, Democracy, and Development organized by the Aarhus University Department of Political Science. Her presentation is of UNU-WIDER's new Affirmative Action...
25 May 2023
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26 May 2023
Aarhus University Department of Political Science,
Nordre Ringgade 1,
Aarhus,
Denmark
Past event
Blog
Affirmative action in Brazil’s higher education system
Evidence from Brazil shows how affirmative action students in the higher education system adjust their behaviour to catch up with initially higher...