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The impact of attending popular schools
14 March 2024, 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Join this event to hear Damon Clark reflect on whether students benefit from attending popular schools, drawing from quasi-experimental evidence from lotteries and equity priorities.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All | Invitation Only
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities
Location
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IFS basement room7 Ridgmount StreetLondonWC1E 7AE
Watch the recording
Many school districts operate "school choice" or "open enrollment" programmes that give parents a choice of school.
While many US school districts prioritise applicants for oversubscribed schools by lottery, a growing number give priority to disadvantaged students. Using data from a US school district, and using variation in popular school attendance generated by an equity priority and lotteries, Damon investigates whether – and which – students benefit from attending popular schools.
This event will be particularly useful for researchers, schools, policymakers and teachers.
Please note this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or online.
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About the Speaker
Damon Clark
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Irvine
He is also a Research Associate at the NBER, a Research Fellow at IZA and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
His main research interests are in the economics of education, labour economics and public economics.