Racial Discrimination in Grading: Evidence from Brazil
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Keywords
race; schooling; grading; standardized tests; statistical discrimination;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LMA-2015-04-02 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-URE-2015-04-02 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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