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Residence-based priorities and school choice

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  • Gortázar, Lucas
  • Mayor, David
  • Montalbán, José

Abstract

Many countries use centralized school choice procedures to assign pupils to schools. To address excess demand for a particular school, ties are broken according to priority points granted based on various criteria, such as proximity to the school. Using a unique reform undertaken in Madrid (Spain), we estimate the impact of abolishing residence-based priorities on families’ school choices, the stated motivation for choosing a school, and the final school allocation. Utilizing several administrative datasets on school applications, we find that the reform increases families’ out-of-district school assignments and assignments to schools further away from their home address. Parents of immigrant children did not change their application behavior in the first years of the reform but caught up with natives three years after its implementation. Children generally accessed slightly better-performing schools, particularly those from lower-educated backgrounds.

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  • Gortázar, Lucas & Mayor, David & Montalbán, José, 2023. "Residence-based priorities and school choice," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 95(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecoedu:v:95:y:2023:i:c:s0272775723000316
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102384
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    1. Rodríguez-Álvarez, Carmelo & Romero-Medina, Antonio, 2024. "School choice with transferable student characteristics," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 103-124.
    2. Samuel Bentolila & Antonio Cabrales & Marcel Jansen, 2023. "Does Dual Vocational Education and Training Pay Off?," Studies on the Spanish Economy eee2023-34, FEDEA.

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    Keywords

    Education and inequality; School choice; Boston mechanism; Priorities;
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    JEL classification:

    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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