Lottery-based Assignment

Lottery-Based Assignment is a student assignment mechanism that allocates educational placements through random selection, distinguishing itself from merit- or proximity-based methods by ensuring equal probabilistic access to institutions regardless of academic performance or geographic criteria.

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2.5K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Lottery-based AdmissionsRandomized Student Assignment

Parents

Student Assignment Policy

Publications

Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters And Pilots

Atila Abdulkadiroğlu, Joshua D. Angrist, Susan Dynarski et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2011 · 510 citations · Full text

Public Affairs, Education Policy, Secondary Education +15

Long-Term Educational Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia

Joshua D. Angrist, Eric Bettinger, Michael Kremer · American Economic Review · 2006 · 417 citations

Public Affairs, Education Policy, Secondary Education +17

The Impact of Charter Schools on Student Achievement

Caroline Hoxby, Jonah E. Rocko · 2005 · 202 citations

Law, Education Policy, Behavioral Economics +14

The Mechanism Design Approach to Student Assignment

Parag A. Pathak · Annual Review of Economics · 2011 · 127 citations · Full text

Education, Educational Administration, Educational Planning +9

Using School Choice Lotteries to Test Measures of School Effectiveness

David Deming · American Economic Review · 2014 · 123 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Economics, Educational Measurement +10

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Authors

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Joshua D. Angrist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
5 publications · 1K citations
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Thomas J. Kane
Dartmouth College, United States
4 publications · 612 citations
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Parag A. Pathak
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
4 publications · 205 citations
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Atila Abdulkadiroğlu
Duke University, United States
3 publications · 570 citations
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Onur Kesten
Carnegie Mellon University, United States
2 publications · 106 citations
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Institutions

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Venues

National Bureau of Economic Research
Repository · 4 publications · 88 citations
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American Economic Review
3 publications · 602 citations
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Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
3 publications · 164 citations
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World Politics
1 publications · 36 citations
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Theoretical Economics
TE · 1 publications · 88 citations
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