We model centralized school matching as a second stage of a simple Tiebout-model and show that the two most discussed … disadvantaged if the school priorities are based on ex ante known (social) differences of the applicants …

Value-added data are an increasingly common evaluation tool for schools and teachers. Many school districts have … analysis is the first in the school valuation literature to examine property value responses to a value-added information shock …, which is of interest as this measure is less correlated with demographics than typical school quality measures. Unique to …

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

taxation. University graduates become high skilled, while the other children attend vocational school and become low skilled …

grade configurations on student achievement through grade 10. To identify the causal effect of structural school transitions …, we use student fixed effects and instrument for middle and high school attendance based on the terminal grade of the … school attended in grades 3 and 6, respectively. Consistent with recent evidence from other settings, we find that students …

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 …

What do applicants care about when choosing a school in Turkey? Are their preferences vertical or horizontal? Which … school attributes seem to matter? Do selective schools con-tribute to their students' success, or is their performance …

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 …

groups or individuals who see a personal advantage in more school choice, such as parents of school-age children, urban …-income groups, and individuals with a teaching qualification oppose more school choice. The analyses also indicate differences …