The Economics of School Choice

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared school voucher programs constitutional, the many unanswered questions concerning the potential effects of school choice will become especially pressing. Contributors to this volume draw on state-of-the-art economic methods to answer some of these questions, investigating the ways in which school choice affects a wide range of issues.Combining the results of empirical research with analyses of the basic economic forces underlying local education markets, The Economics of School Choice presents evidence concerning the impact of school choice on studen

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Hoxby, Caroline M.
Publisher:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Subject:	Schule \| School \| Gutscheinsystem \| Voucher programme \| Theorie \| Theory \| Bildungsverhalten \| Educational behaviour \| Lehrkräfte \| Teaching profession \| Dienstleistungsqualität \| Service quality \| Wettbewerb \| Competition \| Schulpolitik \| School policy \| Schulfinanzierung \| School finance \| Schulauswahl \| School choice
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (367 p.)
Series:	NBER-Conference Report National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Does Public School Competition Affect Teacher Quality?; 2. Can School Choice and School Accountability Successfully Coexist?; 3. The Role of Special Education in School Choice; 4. School Vouchers: Results from Randomized Experiments; 5. Introducing School Choice into Multidistrict Public School Systems; 6. School Vouchers as a Redistributive Device: An Analysis of Three Alternative Systems; 7. Neighborhood Schools, Choice, and the Distribution of Educational Benefits 8. School Choice and School Productivity: Could School Choice Be a Tide that Lifts All Boats?Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index;
ISBN:	978-0-226-35533-7 ; 978-0-226-35534-4 ; 978-0-226-35533-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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