TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kutscher, Macarena
AU  - Nath, Shanjukta
AU  - Urzua, Sergio
        TI  - Centralized Admission Systems and School Segregation: Evidence from a National Reform
        PY  - 2020/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13305
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13305
        AB  - This paper investigates whether centralized admissions systems can alter school segregation. We take advantage of the largest school-admission reform implemented to date: Chile's SAS, which in 2016 replaced the country's decentralized system with a Deferred Acceptance algorithm. We exploit its incremental implementation and employ a Difference-in-Difference design. Using rich administrative student-level records, we find the effect of SAS critically depends on pre-existing levels of residential segregation and local school supply. For instance, districts with prominent provision of private education experience an uptick in school segregation due to SAS. Migration of high-SES students to private schools emerges as a key driver.
        KW  - segregation
KW  - inequality
KW  - education
        ER  -