Search Results - subject:"Random assignment"

Two axiomatic approaches to the probabilistic serial mechanism

Hashimoto, Tadashi; Hirata, Daisuke; Kesten, Onur; … - In: Theoretical economics : TE ; an open access journal in … 9 (2014) 1, pp. 253-277

This paper studies the problem of assigning a set of indivisible objects to a set of agents when monetary transfers are not allowed and agents reveal only ordinal preferences, but random assignments are possible. We offer two characterizations of the probabilistic serial mechanism, which assigns...

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Fairness and efficiency in a random assignment : three impossibility results

Nesterov, Alexander - 2014

This paper considers the problem of allocating N indivisible objects among N agents according to their preferences when transfers are not allowed, and studies the tradeoff between fairness and efficiency in the class of strategy-proof mechanisms. The main finding is that for strategy-proof...

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Peer Effects in Disadvantaged Primary Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Antecol, Heather; Eren, Ozkan; Ozbeklik, Serkan - 2013

We examine the effect of peer achievement on students' own achievement and teacher performance in primary schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods using data from a well-executed randomized experiment in seven states. Contrary to the existing literature, we find that the average classroom peer...

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Institutional Determinants of Student Achievement - Microeconometric Evidence

Link, Susanne - 2013

This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...

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The effect of teach for America on the distribution of student achievement in primary school: Evidence from a randomized experiment

Antecol, Heather; Eren, Ozkan; Ozbeklik, Serkan - 2013

Using data from a randomized experiment and fixed effect quantile regression (FEQR), we look at the effects of having a TFA teacher on test scores across the entire achievement distribution of primary school students in disadvantaged neighborhoods. While we find that TFA teachers neither help...

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Institutional determinants of student achievement : microeconometric evidence

Link, Susanne - 2013

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Early Interventions to Prevent Disability for Workers with Mental Health Conditions: Impacts from the DMIE.

Gimm, Gilbert; Hoffman, Denise; Ireys, Henry T. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

This rigorous study found that early intervention programs with a personal navigator can reduce dependence on federal disability benefits for adult workers with mental health conditions.

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The Disability System and Programs to Promote Employment for People with Disabilities.

Wittenburg, David; Mann, David R.; Thompkins, Allison - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

This paper examines employment-focused interventions in the U.S. disability system. The review illustrates the challenges of developing and implementing these types of initiatives, despite substantial policy interest. Findings indicate that none of the demonstrations has the potential to lead to...

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Modelling Household Spending Using a Random Assignment Scheme

Lawson, Tony - In: International Journal of Microsimulation 6 (2013) 2, pp. 56-75

needed to estimate the parameters for the equations. This paper examines the use of what are known as random assignment … brief review of econometric modelling. It then introduces the principles of random assignment schemes. These are expanded …. The model is then used as a platform to show how the random assignment scheme can be used to model a large number of goods …

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Peer Effects in Disadvantaged Primary Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Antecol, Heather; Eren, Ozkan; Ozbeklik, Serkan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

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