• About our Discussion Papers

    SEII Discussion Papers report on our work in progress. Discussion Papers include results from SEII's ongoing experimental and econometric evaluations of school effectiveness, our studies of the American income distribution, and our research on student-school matching.

    • May 6, 2019

    Can Successful Schools Replicate? Scaling Up Boston’s Charter School Sector

    Authors
    Sarah Cohodes, Elizabeth Setren, Christopher Walters

    April 15, 2019

    Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design

    Authors
    Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua D. Angrist, Yusuke Narita, and Parag A. Pathak

    August 21, 2018

    The Impact of a STEM-Focused Summer Program on College and Major Choices Among Underserved High-Achievers

    Authors
    Silvia Robles

    July 26, 2018

    Fiscal and Education Spillovers from Charter School Expansion

    Authors
    Matt Ridley and Camille Terrier

    November 13, 2017

    How Well Do Structural Demand Models Work? Counterfactual Predictions in School Choice

    Authors
    Parag A. Pathak and Peng Shi

    October 16, 2017

    Do Parents Value School Effectiveness?

    Authors
    Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak, Jonathan Schellenberg, and Christopher R. Walters

    August 31, 2017

    The Impact of Price Caps and Spending Cuts on U.S. Postsecondary Attainment

    Authors
    David J. Deming and Christopher R. Walters

    June 19, 2017

    Maimonides Rule Redux: Does Class Size Affect Student Achievement?

    Authors
    Joshua D. Angrist, Victor Lavy, Jetson Leder-Luis, and Adi Shany

    March 30, 2017

    Minimizing Justified Envy in School Choice: The Design of New Orleans’ OneApp

    Authors
    Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, and Olivier Tercieux

    January 1, 2017

    Free to Choose: Can School Choice Reduce Student Achievement?

    Authors
    Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag Pathak, Christopher Walters