Atila Abdulkadiroglu | Scholars@Duke

Atila Abdulkadiroglu
Garonzik Family Distinguished Professor

Atila’s research focuses on mechanism design, market design and economics of education. His research has led to the design and implementation of better admissions policies in school choice programs in the US, including Boston and New York City. His research in economics of education focuses on on the impact of education on student achievement and factors that influence that impact and understanding demand patterns in schooling.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Garonzik Family Distinguished Professor, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019
Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010

Contact Information

219B Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
atila.abdulkadiroglu@duke.edu (919) 660-1800
Personal Website

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Rochester 2000
- M.A., University of Rochester 1998
- M.A., Bilkent University (Turkey) 1995
- B.S., Bilkent University (Turkey) 1993
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006 - 2010
Recognition
In the News
- MAY 7, 2019
  
  Duke Adds 21 Faculty to Distinguished Faculty Rank
- MAR 11, 2016
  
  A Lottery to Lose: Do School Vouchers Improve Test Scores?
- FEB 5, 2016 The Economist
  
  Atila Abdulkadiroglu’s research on Louisiana voucher program: A lottery to lose
- DEC 8, 2014 The New York Times
  
  How game theory helped improve New York City’s high school application process
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
Research
Selected Grants
- CAREER: Theoretical and Practical Mechanism Design with an Emphasis on Public School Choice awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2011
External Relationships
- Mathematica Policy Research
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, and Aram Grigoryan. “Priority-Based Assignment with Reserves and Quotas,” April 2021.
  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Umut Dur, and Aram Grigoryan. “School Assignment by Match Quality,” February 2021.
  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, Atila, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, and Olivier Tercieux. “Efficiency, Justified Envy, and Incentives in Priority-Based Matching.” American Economic Review: Insights 2, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 425–42. https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20190307.
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  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, and Aram Grigoryan. “Efficient and Envy Minimal Matching,” June 1, 2020.
  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., P. A. Pathak, J. Schellenberg, and C. R. Walters. “Do parents value school effectiveness?†.” American Economic Review 110, no. 5 (May 1, 2020): 1502–39. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20172040.
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  - Abdulkadiroğlu, A., P. A. Pathak, and C. R. Walters. “Free to choose: Can school choice reduce student achievement.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 10, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 175–206. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20160634.
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  - Abdulkadiroğlu, Atila, Parag A. Pathak, and Christopher R. Walters. “Free to Choose: Can School Choice Reduce Student Achievement?” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 10, no. 1 (January 2018): 175–206.
  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., N. Agarwal, and P. A. Pathak. “The welfare effects of coordinated assignment: Evidence from the New York city high school match.” American Economic Review 107, no. 12 (December 1, 2017): 3635–89. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20151425.
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  - Abdulkadiroğlu, A., J. D. Angrist, Y. Narita, and P. A. Pathak. “Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment for Impact Evaluation.” Econometrica 85, no. 5 (September 1, 2017): 1373–1432. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA13925.
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  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Joshua D. Angrist, Yusuke Narita, and Parag A. Pathak. “Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment for Impact Evaluation.” Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper, no. 2080 (March 6, 2017).
  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, and Olivier Tercieux. “Minimizing Justified Envy in School Choice: The Design of New Orleans' Oneapp,” March 2017.
  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., J. D. Angrist, P. D. Hull, and P. A. Pathak. “Charters without lotteries: Testing takeovers in New Orleans and Boston.” American Economic Review 106, no. 7 (July 1, 2016): 1878–1920. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20150479.
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  - Abdulkadiroglu, A., T. Borgers, and F. Kojima. “Letter from the editors.” Review of Economic Design 19, no. 1 (March 1, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10058-015-0170-0.
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  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, and Kyle Bagwell. “Trust, Reciprocity, and Favors in Cooperative Relationships.” American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 5, no. 2 (May 2013).
  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., J. D. Angrist, S. M. Dynarski, T. J. Kane, and P. A. Pathak. “Erratum: Accountability and flexibility in public schools: Evidence fromboston's charters and pilots.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 126, no. 4 (November 1, 2011): 2133–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjr047.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., J. D. Angrist, S. M. Dynarski, T. J. Kane, and P. A. Pathak. “Accountability and flexibility in public schools: Evidence from boston's charters and pilots.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 126, no. 2 (May 1, 2011): 699–748. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjr017.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., Y. K. Che, and Y. Yasuda. “Resolving conflicting preferences in school choice: The "boston Mechanism" reconsidered.” American Economic Review 101, no. 1 (February 1, 2011): 399–410. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.101.1.399.
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  - Abdulkadiroğlu, A., and T. Sönmez. “Matching markets: Theory and practice,” January 1, 2011, 1–47. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139060011.002.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., P. A. Pathak, and A. E. Roth. “Strategy-proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match.” American Economic Review 99, no. 5 (December 1, 2009): 1954–78. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.99.5.1954.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A. “College admissions with affirmative action.” International Journal of Game Theory 33, no. 4 (November 1, 2005): 535–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00182-005-0215-7.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., P. A. Pathak, A. E. Roth, and P. Milgrom. “The New York City high school match.” American Economic Review 95, no. 2 (May 1, 2005): 364–67. https://doi.org/10.1257/000282805774670167.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., P. A. Pathak, A. E. Roth, and T. Sönmez. “The Boston public school match.” American Economic Review 95, no. 2 (May 1, 2005): 368–71. https://doi.org/10.1257/000282805774669637.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., T. Sönmez, and M. U. Ünver. “Room assignment-rent division: A market approach.” Social Choice and Welfare 22, no. 3 (June 1, 2004): 515–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-003-0231-0.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., and T. Sönmez. “Ordinal efficiency and dominated sets of assignments.” Journal of Economic Theory 112, no. 1 (September 1, 2003): 157–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00091-7.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., and T. Sönmez. “School choice: A mechanism design approach.” American Economic Review 93, no. 3 (June 1, 2003): 729–47. https://doi.org/10.1257/000282803322157061.
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  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Burhanettin Kuruscu, and Aysegul Sahin. “Unemployment Insurance and the Role of Self-Insurance.” Review of Economic Dynamics 5, no. 3 (July 2002): 681–703.
  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., B. Kuruşçu, and A. Şahin. “Unemployment insurance and the role of self-insurance.” Review of Economic Dynamics 5, no. 3 (January 1, 2002): 681–703. https://doi.org/10.1006/redy.2002.0159.
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  - Abdulkadiroglu, A., and T. Sönmez. “House Allocation with Existing Tenants.” Journal of Economic Theory 88, no. 2 (October 1, 1999): 233–60. https://doi.org/10.1006/jeth.1999.2553.
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  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., and T. Sönmez. “Random serial dictatorship and the core from random endowments in house allocation problems.” Econometrica 66, no. 3 (January 1, 1998): 689–701. https://doi.org/10.2307/2998580.
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- Other Articles
  - Abdulkadiroglu, A., N. Agarwal, and P. A. Pathak. “The Welfare Effects of Coordinated Assignment: Evidence from the NYC HS Match,” March 2015.
  - Abdulkadiroglu, A., W. Hu, and P. A. Pathak. “Small High Schools and Student Achievement: Lottery-Based Evidence from New York City,” October 2013.
  - Abdulkadiroglu, A., Y. -. K. Che, and Y. Yasuda. “Expanding "Choice" in School Choice,” 2008.
  - Abdulkadiroglu, A., and K. -. S. Chung. “Mechanism design with tacit collusion,” 2002.
  - Abdulkadiroglu, A., P. Pathak, A. Roth, and T. Sönmez. “Changing the Boston School Choice Mechanism,” n.d.
- Conference Papers
  - Abdulkadiroǧlu, A., J. D. Angrist, Y. Narita, P. A. Pathak, and R. A. Zarate. “Regression discontinuity in serial dictatorship: Achievement effects at Chicago's exam schools.” In American Economic Review, 107:240–45, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20171111.
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  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, and Tayfun Soenmez. “Matching Markets: Theory and Practice.” In Advances in Economics and Econometrics, Vol I: Economic Theory, edited by D. Acemoglu, M. Arellano, and E. Dekel, 3–47. CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2013.
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  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Joshua D. Angrist, Peter Hull, and Parag A. Pathak. “Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston.” In Iza Discussion Paper, n.d.
  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Joshua D. Angrist, Yusuke Narita, and Parag A. Pathak. “Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment for Impact Evaluation.” In Iza Discussion Paper, n.d.
  - Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Joshua D. Angrist, and Parag A. Pathak. “The Elite Illusion: Achievement Effects at Boston and New York Exam Schools.” In Iza Discussion Paper, n.d.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Awards & Honors

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Other Articles

Conference Papers

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