We present a model in which students can influence their priority in a school choice mechanism through a first … the price of increased allocative inequalities, which in turn increase competition in the effort stage. We apply these …

To attend school is to sign up for a package deal. A single institution provides instruction across a range of subjects … variable flexibility, a school’s program, overall, is a take-it-or-leave-it bundle. On the other hand, educational unbundling …

more productive? (3) Does competition from private schools raise public school productivity and/or otherwise affect those …This chapter considers research on the effects of competition between private and public schools. It focuses on three … questions: (1) Do children experience higher achievement gains in private school? (2) If so, is this because private schools are …

This paper considers the influence of spatial competition on education and its effect on students' school choice and … competition which increases school productivity and student performance. This result confirms the findings in Hoxby (2000 … school is a function of teacher effort and class size. Students decide which school to attend on the basis of an assessment …

School vouchers may increase the competition public school districts face. Greater competition may spur public schools … to improve student outcomes, which reliably predict labor market productivity and earnings. Previous school competition … adjusted R-squared. There seems to be no consistent association between private school attendance rates and public school …