School choice plans in many cities grant students higher priority for some (but not all) seats at their neighborhood schools. This paper demonstrates how the precedence order, i.e. the order in which different types of seats are filled by applicants, has quantitative effects on distributional...

School choice plans in many cities grant students higher priority for some (but not all) seats at their neighborhood schools. This paper demonstrates how the precedence order, i.e. the order in which different types of seats are filled by applicants, has quantitative effects on distributional...

Magnet schools aim to diversify enrollment by providing innovative curricula to attract students from other schools within a school district. Measuring the impact of attending a magnet is challenging because students choose to apply and schools have priorities over types of students. This study...