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Research Design with Weighted Lotteries in School Choice

  • Atila Abdulkadiroğlu
  • Inkoo Back
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 114, May 2024
(pp. 502–06)
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Abstract

Centralized admissions are an integral part of parental school choice programs. Most districts use a version of the deferred acceptance algorithm to assign applicants to schools. Centralized admissions produce data with quasi-experimental variation in student assignment that is integral in program evaluation. Recent developments in research design consider the basic version of the deferred acceptance algorithm. However, most districts adapt advanced versions of the deferred acceptance algorithm to implement their diversity policy in admissions, such as favoring applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds in lottery tie-breaking. We develop research design for data from the deferred acceptance algorithm with weighted lotteries.

Citation

Abdulkadiroğlu, Atila, and Inkoo Back. 2024. "Research Design with Weighted Lotteries in School Choice." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 114: 502–06. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241135

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JEL Classification

  • H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
  • I21 Analysis of Education
  • I28 Education: Government Policy