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There was a study I saw as an undergrad that used all the standard factors and also used zip code -- and that worked surprisingly well to explain a lot of the d

There was a study I saw as an undergrad that used all the standard factors and also used zip code -- and that worked surprisingly well to explain a lot of the differences. But using race rather than zip code, actually was still better -- and of course zip code may well have simply been a race proxy. I think zip code though will likely be more satisfying to people. Although the conservative wing of the supreme court has already said that they don't like the top 10% rules for admission, so I suspect they'll also not be kind to zip code since the idea is similar in spirit.

idontpost 4y ago
Using zip code could at least have a really interesting incentive towards de-segregating residential neighborhoods. Highly motivated parents would have a reason to move into neighborhoods that they previously would not have lived in. There's also a fraud incentive since it's not super difficult to pretend to live in a different zip code. Plenty of politicians do it.
ABeeSea 4y ago
Zip code can absolutely be a proxy for race. There’s a reason that banks have compliance departments that have to review any statistical models inputs and assumptions for implicit violations of the Fair Lending / Fair Housing acts.