this paper, we empirically explore the determinants of accepting a public school assignment and, subsequently, remaining in … estimate the influence of distance on the decision to accept a public school placement, and we explore its role in the decision … families care about distance from home to the assigned public school as well as the relative academic and peer quality with …

socioeconomic integration within the school system. We focus on pre-kindergarden (pre-K) admissions, which account for the highest … centralized system. We employ a discrete choice model to analyze parents school preferences. Our analysis reveals that the school … centralized admission systems on reducing segregation. By recognizing the non-academic factors driving school choices …

The literature on school choice assumes that families can submit a preference list over all the schools they want to be … school in the constrained list explains most manipulations. Competitiveness across schools plays an important role … constraint reduces significantly the proportion of subjects playing a dominated strategy. -- School Choice ; Matching …

Although many students suffer from anxiety and depression, and often identify school pressure and concerns about their … futures as the main reasons for their worries, little is known about the consequences of a selective school environment on … enroll in a more selective high school increases the probability of enrollment in higher education and decreases the …

specifically good match with their children. I investigate the effect of attending a preferred school on student achievement in … assignment which awards school offer based on admission priority, residential distance, and parental preference. I compare … school of choice increases student achievement compared to an institution with lower parental preference but same value …