proposes that arguments for increased state spending in school education is expressively appealing as it appears equitable, but …

We provide empirical evidence on the determinants of voter turnout using the randomized outcomes of a school choice … lottery. We show that those losing the lottery to attend their first-choice school are significantly more likely to vote in … the ensuing school board election than lottery winners. The effect of losing the school choice lottery on voting is …

We study self-selection in centralized school choice, a strategy that takes place when students submit preferences … schools are zero, she may not rank them even when the mechanism is strategyproof. Using data from the Mexico City high school … mistake. These findings question the effectiveness of equal access provided by school choice, and we argue it can be improved …

Public school choice programs give households a free choice of public school and provide schools incentives to compete … schools, since households' perceptions of school quality depend not only on the efforts of school personnel but also on the … analyzing an economic model of public school choice. To capture the pro-choice argument, the model assumes that a neighborhood …