Career choice and affirmative action

• Grant number: 17/50134-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: February 01, 2018
• End date: January 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Economics of Human Resources
• Agreement: Consortium of Alberta, Laval, Dalhousie and Ottawa (CALDO)
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Fernanda Gonçalves de La Fuente Estevan
• Grantee: Fernanda Gonçalves de La Fuente Estevan
• Principal researcher abroad: Louis-Philippe Morin
• Institution abroad: University of Ottawa (uOttawa), Canada
• Host Institution: Escola de Economia de São Paulo (EESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/21640-3 - An impact evaluation of University of São Paulo affirmative action program, AP.R

Abstract

Major choice is an important decision for university graduates, as it affects their future earnings and occupational choices. There is increasing evidence that students from underprivileged backgrounds tend to choose majors that are less prestigious and associated with less lucrative occupations. This project investigates the impact of an affirmative action policy implemented in Brazil by a selective research-intensive university, UNICAMP, on applicants' major choice. The results will indicate whether this type of policy has the potential to mitigate the impact of socioeconomic disadvantage on individuals' major and occupational choices and lead to increased social mobility. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MATHEUS ASSUNÇÃO; FERNANDA ESTEVAN. Do voters reward politicians for education expenditures?. Rev. Bras. Econ., v. 76, n. 1, p. 10-29, 2022-07-08. (15/16095-6, 15/21640-3, 14/20307-6, 19/25033-5, 17/50134-4)