Replication data for: School Choice, School Quality, and Postsecondary Attainment

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) David J. Deming; Justine S. Hastings; Thomas J. Kane; Douglas O. Staiger

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Deming, David J., Hastings, Justine S., Kane, Thomas J., and Staiger, Douglas O. Replication data for: School Choice, School Quality, and Postsecondary Attainment. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112750V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We study the impact of a public school choice lottery in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools on college enrollment and degree completion. We find a significant overall increase in college attainment among lottery winners who attend their first choice school. Using rich administrative data on peers, teachers, course offerings and other inputs, we show that the impacts of choice are strongly predicted by gains on several measures of school quality. Gains in attainment are concentrated among girls. Girls respond to attending a better school with higher grades and increases in college-preparatory course-taking, while boys do not.

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      D44 Auctions
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination


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