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We study the welfare produced by a coordinated school assignment system that is based exclusively on minimizing distance to schools, comparing the matches it produces to a system that includes household preferences using a deferred acceptance algorithm. We leverage administrative data and a...
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This paper studies school choice and information in the context of education markets in rural Haiti. Using a market level randomized control trial, we evaluate the aggregate effect of providing test score information on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment. After the intervention, we...
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outcomes between richer and poorer students who leave school with good attainment levels. From a set of policies aimed at … targets the supply side by enforcing universities to give preferential admission to poorer students who graduate near the top … of their secondary school class. This policy would substantially narrow earnings gaps between richer and poorer students …
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