School choice and information

School choice and information

One of the pillars of the educational voucher system is that competition between schools to attract students would improve the quality ofthe education provided. Surveys in Chile have suggested that parents are not aware of the performance of their children's schools. In this paper, we assess th...

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Autores principales: GÓMEZ,DANIEL, CHUMACERO,RÓMULO A, PAREDES,RICARDO D
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Economía 2012
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-528620120002000032013-07-24School choice and informationGÓMEZ,DANIELCHUMACERO,RÓMULO APAREDES,RICARDO D Vouchers School choice Distance Information Chile One of the pillars of the educational voucher system is that competition between schools to attract students would improve the quality ofthe education provided. Surveys in Chile have suggested that parents are not aware of the performance of their children's schools. In this paper, we assess the effect ofpublic information of school quality on the school choice by parents. We use a data set which includes measurements of the distance between homes and schools, and the performance of the school measured by a standardized tests and the school fee for two distinct periods (1996 and 2003). Whereas in 1996, information regarding school performance was scarce, it was widespread in 2003. We conclude that regardless of these considerations, school performance is an important determinant of school choice. Thus, parents appear to act "as if' they knew it when choosing a school. Nevertheless, making public the information regarding the performance of the schools has made it a more important factor in choosing a school.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Chile. Departamento de EconomíaEstudios de economía v.39 n.2 20122012-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-52862012000200003en10.4067/S0718-52862012000200003
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School choice
Distance
Information
Chile
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School choice
Distance
Information
Chile
GÓMEZ,DANIEL
CHUMACERO,RÓMULO A
PAREDES,RICARDO D
School choice and information
description One of the pillars of the educational voucher system is that competition between schools to attract students would improve the quality ofthe education provided. Surveys in Chile have suggested that parents are not aware of the performance of their children's schools. In this paper, we assess the effect ofpublic information of school quality on the school choice by parents. We use a data set which includes measurements of the distance between homes and schools, and the performance of the school measured by a standardized tests and the school fee for two distinct periods (1996 and 2003). Whereas in 1996, information regarding school performance was scarce, it was widespread in 2003. We conclude that regardless of these considerations, school performance is an important determinant of school choice. Thus, parents appear to act "as if' they knew it when choosing a school. Nevertheless, making public the information regarding the performance of the schools has made it a more important factor in choosing a school.
author GÓMEZ,DANIEL
CHUMACERO,RÓMULO A
PAREDES,RICARDO D
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