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 …

We study the welfare produced by a coordinated school assignment system that is based exclusively on minimizing … satisfaction support these conclusions. The evidence indicates that coordinated school choice and assignment systems can have large …

This paper studies school choice and information in the context of education markets in rural Haiti. Using a market …

accountability system's ranking of schools based on performance measures, and of a unique school level expenditure data set, to make … causal estimates of the effect of being ranked as "low-performing" on school spending decisions. The results indicate that …

variation in school attendance, allowing us to remove self-selection bias. Despite large differences in teacher quality and peer … quality across these school types, we find little evidence of any relative benefit in attending an assisted school between the …