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School choice and competition
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Geest, Stephanie van der; Gradus, Raymond - 2008
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...
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School accountability and school choice : effects on student selection across schools
Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Figlio, David N. - In: National tax journal 68 (2015), pp. 875-899
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How school choice is framed by parental preferences and family characteristics : a study in poor areas of Lagos State, Nigeria
Dixon, Pauline; Humble, Steve; Tooley, James - In: Economic affairs : journal of the Institute of Economic … 37 (2017) 1, pp. 53-65
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Improving schools through school choice : an experimental study of deferred acceptance
Klijn, Flip; Pais, Joana; Vorsatz, Marc - 2019
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The short-term impact of crime on school enrollment and school choice : evidence from El Salvador
Martínez Dahbura, Juan Nelson - In: Economia : journal of the Latin American and Caribbean … 18 (2018) 2, pp. 121-145
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Tracking and specialization of high schools : does school choice matter?
De Groote, Olivier; Declercq, Koen - 2016
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Increased compulsory school leaving age affects secondary school track choice and increases dropout rates in vocational training schools
Adamecz-Völgyi, Anna - 2018
This paper examines the effects of increasing the compulsory school leaving (CSL) age from 16 to 18 in Hungary using a … of elementary school in 1998. Identification is based on compliance with the age of elementary school start rule …. Compliance with the age rule creates a discontinuity in the probability of starting school under the higher CSL age regime around …
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Demand for secondary school characteristics : evidence from school choice data in Hungary
Wouters, Thomas; Hermann, Zoltán; Haelermans, Carla - 2018
We estimate preferences for school tracks in upper secondary education in Hungary. We consider travel time, school SES … composition, school level (in terms of peer quality) and school quality (in terms of added value). We find that students have … stronger preferences for school SES composition and school level, rather than school quality (which may be harder to observe …
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Chapter 30 Publicly provided education
Hanushek, Eric A. - In: Handbook of public economics : volume 4, (pp. 2045-2141). 2002
Historically, most attention in public programs has been given to the resources devoted to the activity, and resources have been used to index both commitment and quality. Education differs from other areas of public expenditure because direct measures of outcomes are available, making it is...
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School choice and neighborhood sorting : equilibrium consequences of geographic school admissions
Greaves, Ellen; Turon, Hélène - 2024
Geographic school admissions criteria bind residential and school choices for some parents, and could create … the policy decision of geographic versus non-geographic school admissions criteria has important implications for … equilibrium outcomes in school and housing markets. Geographic admissions criteria segregate schools, but integrate neighborhoods …
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