This paper studies the evolution of school segregation in Sweden in the aftermath of the 1992 universal school voucher … school segregation. In particular, it exploits variation in school choice opportunities across municipalities, and provides … descriptive evidence that in regions where school choice has become more prevalent, school segregation between immigrants and …

This paper studies the effects of school choice on segregation. We analyze the effect of a reform in Stockholm that … changed the admission system of public upper secondary schools. Before the year 2000, students had priority to the school … the distribution of students over schools changed dramatically as a response to extending school choice. As expected, the …

Stockholm. Before 2000, students had priority to the public upper secondary school situated closest to where they lived, but … from the fall of 2000 and onwards, admission is based on grades only. The reform imposed strong incentives for school …

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 …

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 …

This study analyses whether the Swedish school choice reform, enacted in 1992, had different effects on students from …

school) rather than to other characteristics that are correlated with student quality (immigrant status, parental income …’s earnings or school hiring policies. …