How More Equitable Assignment Mechanisms Can Increase School-level Segregation
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page-orrie-meng-eecs-2023-thesis.pdf
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Author(s)
Page, Orrie B.
Advisor(s)
Pathak, Parag A.
Date Issued
June 2023
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
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 theoretical model I show that under certain conditions, this surprising outcome can occur even when housing within the city is geographically segregated by race.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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