What Parents Want
School Preferences and School Choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9704834 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Burge (0000-0001-7206-3674, University of Bristol), Simon Burgess (University of Bristol), Ellen Greaves (0000-0002-2124-2645, Institute for Fiscal Studies), Anna Vignoles (0000-0002-9268-212X, University of Cambridge), Deborah Wilson (0000-0003-0573-9034, University of Bristol) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 587 |
| Pages | 1262-1289 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12153 |
| OpenAlex | W2169477753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 116 |
| References cited | 22 |
We investigate parents' preferences for school attributes in a unique data set of survey, administrative, census and spatial data. Using a conditional logit, incorporating characteristics of households, schools and home–school distance, we show that most families have strong preferences for schools' academic performance. Parents also value schools' socio‐economic composition and distance, which may limit the potential of school choice to improve academic standards. Most of the variation in preferences for school quality across socio‐economic groups arises from differences in the quality of accessible schools rather than differences in parents' preferences, although more advantaged parents have stronger preferences for academic performance
Economics · School choice · Sociology · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
Zoned for privilege
Space, Education, and Inclusion
Articulating Concerns in School Rezoning
La elección de centro educativo en un sistema de cuasi-mercado escolar mediado por el programa de bilingüismo
School choice and post hoc family preference in Spain
The demand for private schools and its impact on school segregation and student outcomes
The new game of choosing elite schools
How Saudi parents rationalize the choice of school for their children
What Makes a School a Happy School? Parents’ Perspectives
Parental Perspectives on Waldorf Education in Hungary
Multilevel Intersectional Analysis to Identify Extreme Profiles in Italian Student Achievement Data
Caught in a school choice quandary
The spatially uneven effects of a desegregation education policy
Gemeinsamer Unterricht auf Kosten der sozialen Inklusion? Analyse der sozialen Lage in inklusiven Schulen am Beispiel der Schwerpunktschulen in Rheinland-Pfalz
Beyond Truth‐Telling
Parents’ Willingness to Pay for Bilingualism
School Districts as Invasive Actors in a Market School Choice Environment
Who is able to choose? A meta-analysis and systematic review of the effects of family socioeconomic status on school choice
Navigating centralized admissions
Practicing the economic-cultural-capital association through education as rational capital in school choice
School Performance, Score Inflation, and Neighborhood Development
Preference estimation in centralized college admissions from reported lists
Public education spending, family background, and child education attainment
Parental school choice in post-secular Ireland
Measuring ethnic school segregation within local educational markets in England
A narrative case study
Do school preferences differ between mothers and fathers? International evidence from Pisa
Heterogeneous effects of missing out on a place at a preferred secondary school in England
The pandemic exodus
Health benefits of having more female classmates
Residence-based priorities and school choice
Mechanisms for increased school segregation relative to residential segregation
Do school buses make school choice work
“Hay puros blanquitos casi” (“There are almost all whites”)
When Information Is Not Enough
A Spatial Analysis on Charter School Access in the New York Metropolitan Area
The Impact of Commuting Time on Students' Academic Performance
Divided we fall? Exploring the association between school segregation and post-16 pathways in England
Parents’ (dis)satisfaction with schools
Towards perspectives for research, policy and practice
Understanding Charter School Leaders’ Perceptions of Competition in Arizona
Safety First
Rethinking child-friendly urbanism in Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Value of Private Schools
A multilevel analysis of pupils’ travel distance to primary school
Beyond Truth-Telling
School Choice at a Cost? Academic Achievement, School Satisfaction and Psychological Complaints among Students in Disadvantaged Areas of Stockholm
Competing with clean air
School climate, academic performance, and adolescent well-being in Korea
Indigenous Parents Navigating School Choice in Constrained Landscapes
I Just Had to Go With It Once I Got There”
Counter-narratives from Spanish and mandarin-speaking parents navigating school choice in the United States
State supported segregation? Examining migrant clustering in schools in Ireland
Are the school choices of indigenous students affected by discrimination? Evidence from Chile
Mechanisms Underlying Choice-Set Formation
Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Kindergarten School Enrollment in the United States
Information shocks and parental response in education. A case study of an open government initiative
The dynamics of achievement inequality
Can school closures decrease ethnic school segregation? Evidence from primary and lower secondary schools in Stockholm, Sweden
If they are going to university, they are gonna need a language GCSE’
Policy ‐ Constrained Parental Choice and School District Segregation
Parental investment, school choice, and the persistent benefits of an early childhood intervention
Competition in household human capital investments
Family networks and school choice
Minority Public Administrators
Understanding school segregation through micro-changes
School choice and school segregation in the context of gentrifying Amsterdam
Gaming the no-choice system? School choice and persistent educational inequality in China
Attitudes towards education spending when facing a fiscal trade-off
The Push and Pull of School Performance
Examining Variation Within the Charter School Sector
Attitudes towards homosexuality among ethnic majority and minority adolescents in Western Europe
The impact of the school choice policy on student sorting
More than preferences
Church schools, educational markets and the rural idyll
Why does school socio‐economic composition matter to adolescents’ academic performance? Role of classroom climate and school resources
Why do so few low‐ and middle‐income children attend a grammar school? New evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study
Re‐examining the functioning of educational markets
Fragmented spaces in the urban landscape
Drivers of school choice
Determinants of private school participation
Housing market and school choice response to school quality information shocks✰
Transit trade-offs
The role of geography in school segregation in the free parental choice context of Dutch cities
School choice and the city
Primary school segregation in the context of free primary school choice – More than just a reflection of residential segregation
Seeking opportunity or socio-economic status? Housing and school choice in Sweden
Mothering, Habitus and Habitat
What Do They Really Want? Limitations of Research Investigating Parents' Demands for Quality Compulsory Education
Quels étudiants pour quelles universités ? Analyses empiriques de mécanismes d’allocation centralisée
Elección escolar y selección de familias
A data-driven agent-based model of primary school segregation in Amsterdam
Praying for success? Faith schools and school choice in East London
The (ir)relevance of geography for school choice
The Long-Run Effects of Peers on Mental Health
Does Quality Affect Patients’ Choice of Doctor? Evidence from England
Performance-Based Rankings and School Quality
School Choice Design, Risk Aversion and Cardinal Segregation
Resource- and Approach-Driven Multidimensional Change
I Just Didn’t Want to Risk It”
The Economics of School Choice
Information, School Choice, and Academic Achievement
Do Better Schools Matter? Parental Valuation of Elementary Education
School Choice
What Do Parents Want From Schools? Evidence From the Internet
Happiness’ as a criterion of parents’ choice of school
School choice, social class and distinction
Parental choice of primary school in England
What Gets Measured Gets Done”
Allocating Pupils to Their Nearest Secondary School
The Evolution of the Labor Market for Medical Interns and Residents
Paying for Primary Schools
| Unique citing works | 116 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 115 |