NYC Research

The New York City High School Match
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak, and Alvin E. Roth
December 2005
https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/how-do-new-york-city-schools-assign-seats/.

Small High Schools and Student Achievement: Lottery-Based Evidence from New York City
Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Weiwei Hu, Parag A. Pathak
October 2013
https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/small-high-schools-and-student-achievement-lottery-based-evidence-from-new-york-city/

The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, and Parag A. Pathak
January 2014
https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/do-elite-exam-schools-add-value/

The Welfare Effects of Coordinated Assignment: Evidence from the New York City High School Match
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Nikhil Agarwal, and Parag A. Pathak
December 2017
American Economic Review 2017, 107(12): 3635-3680
https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/the-welfare-effects-of-coordinated-assignment-evidence-from-the-new-york-city-high-school-match/

Coordinated single-offer school assignment systems are a popular education reform. We show that uncoordinated offers in NYC’s school assignment mechanism generated mismatches. One-third of applicants were unassigned after the main round and later administratively placed at less desirable schools. We evaluate the effects of the new coordinated mechanism based on deferred acceptance using estimated student preferences. The new mechanism achieves 80 percent of the possible gains from a no-choice neighborhood extreme to a utilitarian benchmark. Coordinating offers dominates the effects of further algorithm modifications. Students most likely to be previously administratively assigned experienced the largest gains in welfare and subsequent achievement.

Still Worth the Trip? School Busing Effects in Boston and New York
Joshua Angrist, Guthrie Gray-Lobe, Clemence M. Idoux, and Parag A. Pathak
July 2024
https://blueprintlabs.mit.edu/research/still-worth-the-trip-school-busing-effects-in-boston-and-new-york/
https://blueprintcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Blueprint-Discussion-Paper-2022.12-revised-Angrist-Gray-Lobe-Idoux-Pathak.pdf