School choice has been growing all over the world. However, despite the strong implications school choice could have on future opportunities, the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the school decisions are still not clear. Based on elements from different theories, this paper study factors related with a school- track choice. The study takes advantage of extensive administrative records, national tests, and an ad-hoc survey from Chile, a country with more than 30 years with an educational system based on choice. Results suggest that socioeconomic status, cultural values, the pressure of the environment, parents’ expectations, and self-perception are correlated with the school-track choice. Results suggest that the concept of equalit...
How do parents choose among schools when they are allowed to do so? In this paper, we analyze detail...
Research on education inequalities has long-established the relationship between the social composit...
2015 Dr. Cristina Aziz Dos SantosMy thesis investigates the importance of school location in inequal...
School choice has been growing all over the world. However, despite the strong implications school c...
Choice System theorists (Friedman, Chubb, Moe, among others) argued that competition between schools...
Skeptics of school choice are concerned that parents, especially low-income ones, will not choose sc...
Between 1981 and 1990, Chile began to implement an education reform based on school choice and a fin...
Although the literature on school choice rationalities is extensive, different authors interpret the...
Although the literature on school choice rationalities is extensive, different authors interpret the...
Research on education inequalities has long-established the relationship between the social composi...
The majority of discussion of the impact of voucher schools on equity and educational opportunities ...
Research on education inequalities has long-established the relationship between the social composi...
Research on education inequalities has long established the relationship between the social composit...
The student´s screening made by schools corresponds to a regulatory mechanism for school inclusion a...
We study parental choice focusing on the transition between primary and secondary school, taking adv...
How do parents choose among schools when they are allowed to do so? In this paper, we analyze detail...
Research on education inequalities has long-established the relationship between the social composit...
2015 Dr. Cristina Aziz Dos SantosMy thesis investigates the importance of school location in inequal...
School choice has been growing all over the world. However, despite the strong implications school c...
Choice System theorists (Friedman, Chubb, Moe, among others) argued that competition between schools...
Skeptics of school choice are concerned that parents, especially low-income ones, will not choose sc...
Between 1981 and 1990, Chile began to implement an education reform based on school choice and a fin...
Although the literature on school choice rationalities is extensive, different authors interpret the...
Although the literature on school choice rationalities is extensive, different authors interpret the...
Research on education inequalities has long-established the relationship between the social composi...
The majority of discussion of the impact of voucher schools on equity and educational opportunities ...
Research on education inequalities has long-established the relationship between the social composi...
Research on education inequalities has long established the relationship between the social composit...
The student´s screening made by schools corresponds to a regulatory mechanism for school inclusion a...
We study parental choice focusing on the transition between primary and secondary school, taking adv...
How do parents choose among schools when they are allowed to do so? In this paper, we analyze detail...
Research on education inequalities has long-established the relationship between the social composit...
2015 Dr. Cristina Aziz Dos SantosMy thesis investigates the importance of school location in inequal...