Geographic school admissions criteria bind residential and school choices for some parents, and could create … the policy decision of geographic versus non-geographic school admissions criteria has important implications for … equilibrium outcomes in school and housing markets. Geographic admissions criteria segregate schools, but integrate neighborhoods …

Geographic school admissions criteria bind residential and school choices for some parents, and could create … the policy decision of geographic versus non-geographic school admissions criteria has important implications for … equilibrium outcomes in school and housing markets. Geographic admissions criteria segregate schools, but integrate neighborhoods …

This paper shows that imperfect information about school quality causes low-income families to live in neighborhoods … with lower-performing, more segregated schools. We randomized the addition of school quality information onto a nationwide … incorporates imperfect information about school quality and characterizes the bias that would arise from estimating neighborhood …