To address the issue of when minority and nonminority candidates compete for admissions to a college, we show that an … minority. Such a quot;handicappingquot; rule increases competition and induces candidates to invest more in educational … that the non-minority responds to the affirmative action admissions more aggressively, which tends to widen the racial test …

increases competition and induces both groups to invest more in educational attainment. When the weaker group is in the minority …