How do school ‘report cards’ affect school choice decisions? Journal Articles

abstract

• Abstract.  We estimate the effect of information about school achievement that is disseminated to the public through websites and school ‘report cards’ on school choice decisions. We find that students are more likely to leave their school when public information reveals poor school‐level performance. Some parents’ school choice decisions respond to information soon after it becomes available. Others, including non‐English‐speaking parents, alter their school choice decisions only in response to information that has been disseminated widely and discussed in the media. Parents in low‐income neighbourhoods are most likely to alter their school choice decisions in response to new information. JEL classification: I21, D83

authors

• Friesen, Jane
• Javdani, Mohsen
• Smith, Justin
• Woodcock, Simon

status

• published 

publication date

• May 2012

has subject area

• 1401 Economic Theory (FoR)
• 1402 Applied Economics (FoR)
• 1403 Econometrics (FoR)
• Economics (Science Metrix)

published in

• Canadian Journal of Economics, The  Journal

keywords

• 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
• 3502 Banking, Finance and Investment
• 38 Economics
• 3801 Applied Economics
• 49 Mathematical Sciences
• 4905 Statistics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01709.x

start page

• 784

end page

• 807

volume

• 45

issue

• 2