This paper conducts an empirical analysis of SAT scores to determine if banning affirmative action has any significant impact on the SAT scores of college bound minority high school students. A rational high school student should alter the amount of time spent studying during high school if any policy affects the marginal return to that activity. Thus, a natural question to ask is whether banning affirmative action affects minoritiesÕ SAT scores differently than it affects nonÐminoritiesÕ SAT scores. My analysis centers on the recent elimination of affirmative action in California and Texas. Using SAT data obtained from The College Board, I compare the changes of the test score gap between minorities and nonÐminorities over time in the treatment states, relative to a set of control group states.
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Paper provided by Department of Economics, College of William and Mary in its series Working Papers with number
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