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On 10\/30\/2025, the Economics Department Seminar featured Monica Agarwal<\/a> (Northwestern University). Monica discussed the impacts of affirmative action in early education in India. Using detailed administrative data combined with the author-conducted survey, she showed that affirmative action has a positive impact on test scores. Thank you, Monica, for visiting us and for the terrific talk!<\/p>\n\n\n

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