We combine data from the Amsterdam secondary-school match with register data and survey data to estimate the effects of … not being assigned to one's first-ranked school on academic outcomes and on a wide range of other outcomes. For … lottery numbers. Losing the admission lottery for one's first-ranked school affects the characteristics of the assigned school …

We combine data from the Amsterdam secondary-school match with register data and survey data to estimate the effects of … not being assigned to one's first-ranked school on academic outcomes and on a wide range of other outcomes. For … identification we use that secondary-school assignment in Amsterdam is based on the deferred acceptance mechanism with ties broken by …

To study the long-term effects of school-starting-age rules in a setting with early ability tracking, we exploit the … of primary school than students born just before it. This translates into increased placement in high ability tracks in …