The economics of school choice
By: edited by Caroline M. Hoxby.
Contributors: Hoxby, Caroline Minter.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: School choice -- Economic aspects -- United States; Educational vouchers -- United States
Description: Combining the results of empirical research with analyses of the basic economic forces underlying local educational markets, this text presents evidence concerning the impact of school choice on student achievement, school productivity, teachers and special education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Does public school competition affect teacher quality? -- Eric A. Hanushek and Steven G. Rivkin; title: Can school choice and school accountability successfully coexist? -- David N. Figlio and Marianne E. Page; title: Role of special education in school choice -- Julie Berry Cullen and Steven G. Rivkin; title: School vouchers -- Paul E. Peterson ... [et al.]; title: Introducing school choice to multidistrict public school systems -- Thomas J. Nechyba; title: School vouchers as a redistrobutive device -- Raquel Fernández and Richard Rogerson; title: Neighborhood schools, choice, and the distribution of educational benefits -- Dennis Epple and Richard Romano; title: School choice and school productivity-- Caroline M. Hoxby.