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dc.contributor.authorAbdulkadiroğlu, Atila
dc.contributor.authorWalters, Christopher R.
dc.contributor.authorPathak, Parag
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-15T20:36:22Z
dc.date.available2018-03-15T20:36:22Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.identifier.issn1945-7782
dc.identifier.issn1945-7790
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114167
dc.description.abstractA central argument for school choice is that parents can choose schools wisely. This principle may underlie why lottery-based school evaluations have almost always reported positive or zero achievement effects. This paper reports on a striking counterexample to these results. We use randomized lotteries to evaluate the Louisiana Scholarship Program, a voucher plan that provides public funds for disadvantaged students to attend private schools. LSP participation lowers math scores by 0.4 standard deviations and also reduces achievement in reading, science, and social studies. These effects may be due in part to selection of low-quality private schools into the program. (JEL H75, I21, I22, I28)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation (U.S.)en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Economic Associationen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1257/app.20160634en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceAmerican Economic Associationen_US
dc.titleFree to Choose: Can School Choice Reduce Student Achievement?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationAbdulkadiroğlu, Atila, Parag A. Pathak, and Christopher R. Walters. “Free to Choose: Can School Choice Reduce Student Achievement?” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 10, no. 1 (January 2018): 175–206. © 2018 American Economic Associationen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economicsen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorPathak, Parag
dc.relation.journalAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economicsen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2018-02-26T20:30:10Z
dspace.orderedauthorsAbdulkadiroğlu, Atila; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, Christopher R.en_US
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dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8621-3864
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICYen_US


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