The Welfare Effects of Coordinated Assignment: Evidence from the New York City High School Match

Coordinated single-offer school assignment systems are a popular education reform. We show that uncoordinated offers in NYC's school assignment mechanism generated mismatches. One-third of applicants were unassigned after the main round and later administratively placed at less desirable school...

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Main Authors: Abdulkadiroğlu, Atila (Author), Agarwal, Nikhil (Contributor), Pathak, Parag (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2018-02-15T20:03:55Z.
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