'League table' information on school effectiveness in England generally relies on either a comparison of the average … outcomes of pupils by school, e.g. mean exam scores, or on estimates of the average value added by each school. These … approaches assume that the information parents and policy-makers need most to judge school effectiveness is the average …

This paper evaluates average educational performance effects of an expanding independent-school sector at the … increase in the share of independent-school students between Swedish municipalities. We find that an increase in the share of … independent-school students improves average performance at the end of compulsory school as well as long-run educational outcomes …

We examine the effect of single motherhood on children's secondary school track choice using a sample of 14 years old … single parenthood reduces school attainment mainly because it is associated with lower resources (income and time) available …

using community, school and child/household-level PROBE survey data from five north Indian states provide some support to … associated with a higher likelihood of having a private school in the community. This is also corroborated by an analysis of … household demand for private schools. The paper concludes by examining the effect of private school presence on year 5 pass …

This paper analyzes whether information on high school quality published by a national newspaper affects school choice … in the Netherlands. For this purpose, we use both school level and individual student level data. First, we study the … causal effect of quality scores on the influx of new high school students using a longitudinal school dataset. We find that …

This paper evaluates the effects of a major Swedish school choice reform. The reform in 1992 increased school choice … effects of school choice and competition, using precise geographical information on the locations of school buildings and …. We can measure the long-term effects up to age 25. We find that increased school choice had very small, but positive …

School choice aims to improve (1) the matching between children and schools and (2) students' educational outcomes. Yet … naive, but using school registry data, we find that a significant fraction of them have the outside option of private … not matched to any of the schools they applied for. Our results suggest that when allowing school choice under the BM with …

school-grades with a higher share of migrant students, while natives are not affected on average. These negative spill …

This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered … religious values. We investigate how household income, religious preferences, schooling costs, and school quality affect the … proportion of children sent to each school type. Using a unique dataset on secondary school age children from rural Bangladesh …