Demand (and Supply) in an Inter-District Public School Choice Program

Autor/in	Reback, Randall
Titel	Demand (and Supply) in an Inter-District Public School Choice Program
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 27 (2008) 4, S.402-416 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2008.01.001
Schlagwörter	School District Spending; Public Schools; Residential Schools; School Choice; Academic Achievement; School Districts; Transfer Students; Scores; Supply and Demand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Heimschule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schulleistung; School district; Schulbezirk; Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Bedarfsplanung
Abstract	This study examines parents' demand for sending their children to a public school located outside their residential school district. Using a unique data set that contains information concerning both inter-district transfers and rejections of transfer applications, I am able to identify which school district characteristics attract the greatest demand for incoming transfers. The analyses reveal that mean student test scores are stronger predictors of transfer demand than both students' socio-economic characteristics and school district spending, suggesting that parents care more about outcomes than inputs. In addition, while districts are only supposed to reject transfer students due to capacity concerns, districts' supply decisions are also correlated with differences in student performance across neighboring districts. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10