This paper argues that school grades cannot be interpreted solely as a reward for a given school performance, since … elementary education. The data for three entire school cohorts is analyzed - approximately 140,000 individuals. …

In 2013 the responsibility for school governance and funding has been transferred from local governments to a central …, and student achievement on the other. First, we estimate elasticities of per-student school expenditures to average income … in municipalities. The results reveal a substantial equalization of school resources: before the reform rich …

1980's. This paper analyzes the effect of school choice and local educational policies on that inequality, known as school … Hungarian towns, free school choice diminishes the role of residential distribution because many students commute to schools of … their choice. Towns where such commuting is more pronounced are characterized by stronger inter-school inequalities. We also …

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 …