Affirmative action & its unintended effects: an experimental investigation

平权行动政策传统上有利于劳动力市场上的弱势群体成员，如妇女、老年人和非白人。它们在国际上被广泛应用于就业、合同和教育，尽管对社会影响缺乏了解。该项目旨在利用实地和实验室实验来研究个人如何对平权行动作出反应，并调查弱势群体和优势群体之间的破坏、合作和竞争。主要的假设是，平权行动可能会增加破坏、损害合作和推动竞争，从而危及劳动力市场的正常运行。该项目旨在为政策制定者和管理人员提供关于平权行动非预期影响的相关性的新见解。

Affirmative action policies traditionally favour members of disadvantaged groups in labour markets such as women, elderly, and non-white. They are widely implemented internationally in employment, contracting, and education often despite a lack of knowledge about societal impacts. This project aims to use both field and laboratory experiments to study how individuals react to affirmative action and investigate sabotage, cooperation, and competition between disadvantaged and advantaged groups. The main hypothesis is that affirmative action can increase sabotage, harm cooperation and push competition in ways that endanger the well functioning of labour markets. This project aims to provide new insights for policy makers and managers on the relevance of unintended effects of affirmative action.