for applicants favored by affirmative action indeed show no gains in reading and negative effects of exam school … benefit from affirmative-action, a pattern inconsistent with mismatch. We show that Chicago exam school effects are explained … by the schools attended by applicants who are not offered an exam school seat. Specifically, mismatch arises because exam …

School choice may lead to improvements in school productivity if parents' choices reward effective schools and punish … City's centralized high school assignment mechanism. We use applicants' rank-ordered choice lists to measure preferences … and to construct selection-corrected estimates of treatment effects on test scores and high school graduation. We also …

School choice may lead to improvements in school productivity if parents' choices reward effective schools and punish … City's centralized high school assignment mechanism. We use applicants' rank-ordered choice lists to measure preferences … and to construct selection-corrected estimates of treatment effects on test scores, high school graduation, college …

A central argument for school choice is that families value the freedom to exercise choice and can make wise decisions …. This principle may underlie why lottery-based school evaluations, which exploit over-subscription due to excess demand … to these results. We evaluate the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP), a school voucher plan providing public funds for …

for applicants favored by affirmative action indeed show no gains in reading and negative effects of exam school … benefit from affirmative-action, a pattern inconsistent with mismatch. We show that Chicago exam school effects are explained … by the schools attended by applicants who are not offered an exam school seat. Specifically, mismatch arises because exam …

A central argument for school choice is that families value the freedom to exercise choice and can make wise decisions …. This principle may underlie why lottery-based school evaluations, which exploit over-subscription due to excess demand … to these results. We evaluate the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP), a school voucher plan providing public funds for …