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Do Affirmative Action Bans Lower Minority College Enrollment and Attainment?

Evidence from Statewide Bans

Ben Backes
Journal of Human Resources, March 2012, 47 (2) 435-455; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.2.435
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vol. 47 no. 2 435-455
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.47.2.435
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received November 1, 2010
  • Accepted May 1, 2011
  • Published online March 24, 2012.
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© 2012 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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