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Admission based on residential address, academic achievement, and welfare

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  • Yeşilırmak, Muharrem

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Admission into public high schools in Türkiye was exam-based before 2018. The new policy is that the top 10% of students will continue to be placed in the best schools based on exam scores, while the remaining students will be assigned to other schools based on residential addresses. The reform raised concerns about educational inequality since the average public school quality and average income are positively correlated across municipalities. We use a general equilibrium political economy model of education to quantitatively analyze the reform. A computational experiment imply that mean achievement, variance of achievement, and aggregate household welfare decrease following the reform.

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  • Yeşilırmak, Muharrem, 2026. "Admission based on residential address, academic achievement, and welfare," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:matsoc:v:141:y:2026:i:c:s0165489626000338
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2026.102526
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    JEL classification:

    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
    • H42 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Publicly Provided Private Goods
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand

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