<p>I found one survey which corresponds to what I was looking for: <em>Theories of Statistical Discrimination and Affirmative Action: A Survey</em> by Hamming Fang and Andrea Moro, in the <em>Handbook of Social Economics</em> (2011 edition).</p>

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<p>I am interested in the debate about affirmative action in college admissions and I would be happy to read some theoretical economic investigations of the effects of these policies. I would be glad if someone could point out a good and recent survey of this literature, or some papers addressing this issue. The following two questions are of particular interest to me:</p>

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<li>the general equilibrium effects of affirmative action (say, in college admissions) on labor market outcomes (acquisition of human capital, wage differentials, etc.)</li>
<li>the welfare analysis of affirmative action policies, with some discussion of the appropriate social welfare criterion (e.g., fairness vs efficiency)</li>
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<p>Any reference would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.  </p>

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General equilibrium effects of affirmative action policies
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# General equilibrium effects of affirmative action policies

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-14)

I am interested in the debate about affirmative action in college admissions and I would be happy to read some theoretical economic investigations of the effects of these policies. I would be glad if someone could point out a good and recent survey of this literature, or some papers addressing this issue. The following two questions are of particular interest to me:

* the general equilibrium effects of affirmative action (say, in college admissions) on labor market outcomes (acquisition of human capital, wage differentials, etc.)
* the welfare analysis of affirmative action policies, with some discussion of the appropriate social welfare criterion (e.g., fairness vs efficiency)

Any reference would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

**Tags:** reference-request, labor-economics, education-economics, discrimination

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### Answer by username_0 on 2017-12-16. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I found one survey which corresponds to what I was looking for: *Theories of Statistical Discrimination and Affirmative Action: A Survey* by Hamming Fang and Andrea Moro, in the *Handbook of Social Economics* (2011 edition).


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