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 theoretical model I show that under certain conditions, this surprising outcome can occur even when housing within the city is geographically segregated by race.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Page, Orrie B.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Pathak, Parag A.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
• Copyright retained by author(s)

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• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152610

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/152610