. In this paper, we study whether pupils in Primary schools in England with a wider range of school choices achieve better … between choice and achievement, but uncover a small positive association between competition and school performance. Yet, this … could be related to endogenous school location or pupil sorting. In fact, an instrumental variable strategy based on …

When deciding whether to participate in a private school choice program, private school leaders weigh additional … financial benefits against additional regulatory costs. In theory, raising the costs associated with entering private school … with lower levels of school participation, none have established causal relationships between these factors, and none have …

. In this paper, we study whether pupils in Primary schools in England with a wider range of school choices achieve better … between choice and achievement, but uncover a small positive association between competition and school performance. Yet, this … could be related to endogenous school location or pupil sorting. In fact, an instrumental variable strategy based on …

Federal No Child Left Behind' legislation, which enables students of low-performing schools to exercise public school … investigate how the introduction of school choice in North Carolina, via a dramatic increase in the number of charter schools … competition that are robust to a variety of specifications. The introduction of charter school competition causes an approximate …