How More Equitable Assignment Mechanisms Can Increase School-level Segregation

I investigate how implementing a school assignment mechanisms that gives families influence over their child’s placement can lead to an increase in school level segregation when compared to a more typical "neighborhood school" mechanism. Using data from a major U.S. school district and a t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Page, Orrie B.
Other Authors: Pathak, Parag A.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152610