I Would Walk 500 Miles (If It Paid): Vouchers and School Choice in Chile

Autor/inn/en	Chumacero, Romulo A.; Gomez, Daniel; Paredes, Ricardo D.
Titel	I Would Walk 500 Miles (If It Paid): Vouchers and School Choice in Chile
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 30 (2011) 5, S.1103-1114 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.05.015
Schlagwörter	School Choice; Standardized Tests; Foreign Countries; Educational Vouchers; Educational Quality; Competition; Proximity; Parent Attitudes; Measurement; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Choice of school; Schulwahl; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Ausland; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Wettkampf; Lebensnähe; Elternverhalten; Messverfahren
Abstract	One of the pillars of the educational voucher system is that competition among schools to attract students would improve the quality of the education. Surveys to parents and previous work suggested that families rank the distance of the school from their home as the most important factor for choosing a school. They also suggest that parents largely ignore the results of standardized tests. We use a novel data-set which includes precise measures of the distance between homes and schools to analyze the determinants of school choice in Chile. Economic theory suggests, and the estimations confirm, that parents consider quality and the location when choosing schools. The paper quantifies the relevant trade-offs. (Contains 4 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10