Table 3 Regression Discontinuity Estimates of Effect of IPN Admission on Characteristics of Assigned School
Dependent VariableMean COMIPEMS Score (1)Mean Middle School GPA (2)Mean Parental Education (Years) (3)Distance from Home to School (Kilometers) (4)
Score ≥ cutoff19.809***0.520***1.184***4.487***
(0.8282)(0.0213)(0.0694)(0.3777)
[0.00][0.00][0.00][0.00]
Observations18,61822,25319,87322,175
Adjusted R-squared0.7880.7660.6480.102
Mean of dependent variable 1 point below cutoff64.3907.87210.1196.931
Bandwidth13.916.514.717.5
  • Notes: Estimates are from local linear regressions, including separate linear terms for each of the 16 IPN cutoff schools and cutoff school-year fixed effects. The edge kernel is used in each regression and in computation of the corresponding optimal Imbens–Kalyanaraman bandwidth. Dependent variables in Columns 1–3 are mean characteristics of all students admitted to the student’s admitted school in his admission year. Standard errors clustered at the admitted high school level are in parentheses. Wild cluster bootstrapped p-values, clustered at the centered COMIPEMS score level, are in brackets.

  • * p < 0.10,

  • ** p < 0.05,

  • *** p < 0.01.