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SUMMARY:Michela Tincani - UCL
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\nPreferential College Admissions for the Disadvantaged: The Role of Soci
 al Mechanisms and Subjective Beliefs” with F. Kosse and E. Miglino\n\n\nAbs
 tract:\nMany countries use preferential college admissions to provide oppor
 tunities to talented disadvantaged students. Exploiting a randomized experi
 ment in Chile, we find that preferential admissions increased college admis
 sions and enrollments of the disadvantaged by a third, but admission effect
 s were 60% lower than expected; this gap was more pronounced for high-abili
 ty students. Using linked survey-administrative data, we empirically test f
 or social incentives, biases in subjective beliefs about ability, and disut
 ility from preferential seats (stigma) as potential mechanisms. We find sup
 port for the last two. We then develop and structurally estimate a dynamic 
 model incorporating them. We find that stigma explains 36% of the admission
 s gap. Belief biases do not explain the gap on average, but they help expla
 in its widening with ability: by distorting pre-college effort investments,
  widespread overoptimism compressed (amplified) the admissions of high- (lo
 w-)ability students. Therefore, we identified frictions that can prevent pr
 eferential admissions from achieving their intended objective.\n
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