This paper estimates the long-run impacts of banning affirmative action on men and women from under …, and employment of URM individuals to non-URM individuals before and after affirmative action bans went into effect across … discuss the generalizability of the findings. Results suggest that banning affirmative action results in a decline in URM …

Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy … instance, university enrolment, public employment, and political representation. Public debate over affirmative action is … conflict. In order to better evaluate such claims and to consider the appropriateness of affirmative action policies across …