Brazilian Public University Admissions and Affirmative Action 2010-2015

Aggregating the universe of incoming students at Brazilian public higher education institutions from 2010 to 2015, supporting research on centralized admissions and affirmative action. It is associated with a published journal article in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. The specific row count, column count, and file formats are not provided in the input.

Use Cases

• Analyze the impact of affirmative action policies on student access across the 2010-2015 period.
• Study enrollment patterns in Brazilian public higher education institutions using the universe of incoming students.
• Model the relationship between centralized admissions processes and student demographics.

Strengths

• Covers the complete universe of incoming students for Brazilian public higher education institutions.
• Provides data for a six-year time range from 2010 to 2015.
• Directly supports a peer-reviewed publication in a major economics journal.

Limitations

• The specific variables, column names, and data structure are unknown, limiting immediate analytical utility.
• The dataset's size, row count, and file formats are unspecified, complicating download and storage planning.
• Data is temporally limited to 2010-2015 and may not reflect recent policy changes.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Public data associated with a published academic article; specific collection method not detailed.

Time Range

2010 to 2015

Freshness

The metadata record was last updated on 2026-02-23, but the underlying data covers 2010-2015.

Geography

Brazil