01304pab a2200169 454500 180718b2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Cardenas, Sergio Controlling administrative discretion promotes social equity? evidence from a natural experiment 2017 p.80-89. Jan-Feb Although social equity has been a formal pillar of public administration for decades, identifying mechanisms through which public officials inadvertently reproduce unfair conditions remains a relevant topic. In particular, it is important to understand how the habits and practices of street-level bureaucrats may result in an unjust allocation of public resources. This article provides evidence on how the administrative discretion conferred on school principals may result in an efficient but unfair condition regarding the allocation of students across schools, thus undermining social equity. By exploiting a natural experiment, we are able to provide reliable evidence on how controlling administrative discretion decreases the segregation of students based on their socioeconomic status. - Reproduced. Public administration Cruz, Edgar E. Ramirez de la Public Administration Review 114406 114400 114400 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 77, Issue no: 1 AR114866 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR