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The direct democratic choice of an examination standard, i.e., a performance level required to graduate, is evaluated against a utilitarian welfare function. It is shown that the median preferred standard is inefficiently low if the marginal cost of reaching a higher performance reacts more...
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and empirically, the effects of these changes on public school performance (as measured by test scores) in Milwaukee. It … effects of public school incentives and performance. In the context of a theoretical model of public school and household …
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We study self-selection in centralized school choice, a strategy that takes place when students submit preferences … schools are zero, she may not rank them even when the mechanism is strategyproof. Using data from the Mexico City high school … mistake. These findings question the effectiveness of equal access provided by school choice, and we argue it can be improved …
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We review the theoretical, computational, and empirical research on school vouchers, with a focus on the latter. In …
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Enrollment in school choice programs is growing, so is overall support for school choice. Many have analyzed what … demographic characteristics impact attitudes towards school choice. This paper adds to the literature by exploring the interaction … between personal decisions regarding school choice and broader support for school choice programs. Focus groups were conducted …
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that would inject private-school competition and increase technical efficiencies without cream skimming. Conditioning …. However, by adding conditions like tuition constraints such as vouchers can reap the benefits of school competition without …
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that would inject private-school competition and increase technical efficiencies without cream skimming. Conditioning …. However, by adding conditions like tuition constraints such as vouchers can reap the benefits of school competition without …
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