Admission quota schemes and regional inequality
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Keywords
College admissions; Regional inequality; Quotas; Fairness; Laboratory experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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