Journal article
How do school ‘report cards’ affect school choice decisions?
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, …
Authors
Friesen J; Javdani M; Smith J; Woodcock S
Journal
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 784–807
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2012
DOI
10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01709.x
ISSN
0008-4085