Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared school voucher programs constitutional, the many unanswered questions … concerning the potential effects of school choice will become especially pressing. Contributors to this volume draw on state …-of-the-art economic methods to answer some of these questions, investigating the ways in which school choice affects a wide range of …

school) rather than to other characteristics that are correlated with student quality (immigrant status, parental income …'s earnings or school hiring policies. …

This study examines the impact of school choice on academic achievement. I use differences in the number of schools … across similar Romanian towns, generating variation in school choice for local students, who compete for seats via test … scores. I find that more school choice results in increased sorting of students by admission scores across different schools …

This study examines the impact of school choice on academic achievement. I use differences in the number of schools … across similar Romanian towns, generating variation in school choice for local students, who compete for seats via test … scores. I find that more school choice results in increased sorting of students by admission scores across different schools …