Ignorance Is Bliss
Information Sources and Attitudes About School Choices in New Orleans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404846 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Celeste Lay (0000-0001-8748-9299, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 973-994 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087415612207 |
| OpenAlex | W2338525947 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 35 |
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans eliminated default neighborhood schools and began to require parents to choose a school for their child. There are many new schools and a new enrollment process, making accurate and comprehensive information essential. Is one’s information source related to satisfaction in their choices? Psychological theories suggest that more information may not always be better; people can be overwhelmed and actually make suboptimal choices. I show that a greater reliance on comprehensive sources is related to less confidence that one’s child got into their top choice school, while those parents who use shortcuts, such as social networks and/or school advertising, are more satisfied that they made the right choice. Information sources are not, however, related to the likelihood of enrolling one’s child in a high performing school. Rather, the school performance score is predicted by race and socioeconomic class
BLISS · Class (philosophy · Ignorance · Political science · Race (biology · School choice · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Demography · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |