of the Tiebout hypothesis using historical variation in mobility costs. Our extension of the Tiebout model to incorporate … such costs yields the following comparative statics: as mobility costs fall, the heterogeneity across communities of … mobility costs have fallen over time, a natural test of the Tiebout hypothesis is to take these predictions to the data here …

experience a great deal of turnover. Many researchers, teachers, and administrators argue that mobility harms students … Tiebout type moves to procure better school quality. Empirical research on mobility has yielded inconclusive results, no doubt … in part because of small sample sizes and the difficulty of separating mobility effects from other confounding factors …

experience a great deal of turnover. Many researchers, teachers, and administrators argue that mobility harms students … Tiebout type moves to procure better school quality. Empirical research on mobility has yielded inconclusive results, no doubt … in part because of small sample sizes and the difficulty of separating mobility effects from other confounding factors …