Understanding parental response to non-test score attributes is crucial to design effective school choice systems. We … study an intervention providing hard-to-find information on the school environment at local institutions, while holding … information on school performance constant. Outflow to private education is reduced by 17%, with larger responses among advantaged …

study an intervention providing parents with hard-to-find information on the school environment while holding information on … encourages parents to expand their state-school search without affecting their taste for academic performance, generating …Understanding parental response to non-test score attributes is crucial to design effective school choice systems. We …

, improving the efficiency of school seats allocation. I show that parents of low-ability males select schools with lower peer …Expanding parental choice in education may increase system-wide productivity if parents select schools that form a … specifically good match with their children. I investigate the effect of attending a preferred school on student achievement in …

I show that parents select schools by considering attributes of the student-school match that improve the learning … outcomes beyond average school quality. Using the centralized algorithm for offers to primary school in London, I compare the … most-preferred school versus an institution ranked lower increases achievement by 0.10 SD beyond school value-added among …

study an intervention providing parents with hard-to-find information on the school environment while holding information on … encourages parents to expand their state-school search without affecting their taste for academic performance, generating …Understanding parental response to non-test score attributes is crucial to design effective school choice systems. We …

Understanding parental response to non-test score attributes is crucial to design effective school choice systems. We … study an intervention providing hard-to-find information on the school environment at local institutions, while holding … information on school performance constant. Outflow to private education is reduced by 17%, with larger responses among advantaged …

We study whether parents value non-test score attributes when choosing school. We exploit an intervention designed to … with high socio-economic status. In addition, the programme has spillover effects on school choice of unexposed parents … provide hard-to-find information about school environment and day-to-day life at local public-sector institutions. School …

study an intervention providing parents with hard-to-find information on the school environment while holding information on … encourages parents to expand their state-school search without affecting their taste for academic performance, generating …Understanding parental response to non-test score attributes is crucial to design effective school choice systems. We …

areas relative to network non-profits. Bearing out the concerns of parents and policymakers, regression estimates indicate …

This paper explores the dynamic relationship between school choices made at different educational stages and how it … affects racial segregation across schools. We use New York City public school choice data to ask: "How does the middle school … that a student attends affect her high school application and assignment?" We take two approaches to answer the question …