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affirmative action mismatch: a standalone construct

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affirmativeaction mismatch1 CONSTRUCTAffirmative actionARCIDIACONO · ECONOMICS OF

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Economics of education

the contested claim that admission preferences place students in colleges where peers are much better prepared, lowering their own outcomes.

In economics of education, affirmative action mismatch refers to the contested claim that admission preferences place students in colleges where peers are much better prepared, lowering their own outcomes. This meaning comes from Arcidiacono (2016) in Journal of Economic Literature.[1]

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  1. Arcidiacono, P., & Lovenheim, M. (2016). Affirmative Action and the Quality–Fit Trade-off. Journal of Economic Literature, 54(1), 3-51. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.54.1.3

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