This paper examines the education literature through the lens of sorting. It argues that how individuals sort across …. It discusses the implications of different education finance systems for sorting and analyzes the efficiency and welfare …

An important element in considering school finance policies is that households are not passive. Instead they respond to … residential location and community choice, households base optimizing decisions on commuting costs, school quality, and land rents … income and tastes for schools. This model is used to analyze a series of conventional policy experiments, including school …

An important element in considering school finance policies is that households are not passive but instead respond to … existing urban models by incorporating multiple workplace locations, alternative public services by jurisdiction (school … qualities), and voter- determined school expenditure. In our general equilibrium model of residential location and community …

An important element in considering school finance policies is that households are not passive but instead respond to … existing urban models by incorporating multiple workplace locations, alternative public services by jurisdiction (school … qualities), and voter- determined school expenditure. In our general equilibrium model of residential location and community …