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Does the housing market react to new information on school quality?
Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars J. - 2008
This paper analyzes housing market reactions to the release of previously unpublished information on school quality …. Using the sharp discontinuity in the information environment allows us to study price changes within school catchment areas …, thus controlling for neighborhood unobservables. We find a substantial housing market reaction to publication of school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264360
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Early tracking and the misfortune of being young
Schneeweis, Nicole; Zweimüller, Martina - 2009
In the Austrian (as well as the German) education system students have to choose between different school tracks at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294927
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School Choice and Competition
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; van der Geest, Stephanie; Gradus, … - 2009
The literature suggests that competition among schools might increase quality. However, not much empirical evidence is present as only a few countries allow competition at a large scale. One exception is the Netherlands. Free parental choice is the leading principle of the Dutch education system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325935
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Does public information about school quality lead to flight from low-achieving schools?
Friesen, Jane; Javdani, Mohsen; Woodcock, Simon - 2009
We estimate the effect of publicly disseminated information about school-level achievement on students' mobility … between elementary schools. We find that students are more likely to leave their school when poor school-level performance is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269458
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Does immigration induce 'native flight' from public schools? Evidence from a large scale voucher program
Gerdes, Christer - 2010
Recent studies point to a positive correlation between ethnic heterogeneity due to immigration and the propensity of opting out from public schools for private alternatives. However, immigration across regions is hardly exogenous, which obstructs attempts to reveal causal mechanisms. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271338
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Who is afraid of school choice?
Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274892
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Scale economies can offset the benefits of competition: Evidence from a school consolidation reform in a universal voucher system
de Haan, Monique; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2011
A large school consolidation reform in the Netherlands changed minimum school size rules underlying public funding. The … of schools implies, for a given number of pupils, an increase in average school size. We present evidence that in our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278683
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Independent schools and long-run educational outcomes: Evidence from Sweden's large scale voucher reform
Böhlmark, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321125
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Independent schools and long-run educational outcomes: Evidence from Sweden's large scale voucher reform
Böhlmark, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283575
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Independent schools and long-run educational outcomes: Evidence from Sweden's large scale voucher reform
Böhlmark, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283935