Burgess, Simon; Greaves, Ellen; Vignoles, Anna; Wilson, … - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2009
Parental demand for academic performance is a key element in the view that strengthening school choice will drive up … school performance. In this paper we analyse what parents look for in choosing schools. We assemble a unique dataset … school characteristics, admissions criteria and allocation rules; and spatial data attached to a pupil census to define the …