Affirmative action for racial and gender diversity - A. Krueger Lectureh

Affirmative action policies are used when decision makers want to change the characteristics of a selected population, for example by raising the share of females or minorities in a selected group. I will discuss the ways that affirmative action policies work in two settings - admission to highly selective colleges and selection of honors by professional associations - and some of the consequences of these policies. http://www.festivaleconomia.it