Tag
school_choice
3 findings
EducationHeterogeneous Peer Preference SortingDemonstrates that under heterogeneous student preferences across curricula (such as commercial versus academic/industrial tracks), student sorting increases average aggregate utility without imposing negative peer externalities on non-participants.Expert TheoryEducationIdeological Externality Risk in Choice MarketsIdentifies ideological polarization and radical instruction as distinct negative externality channels in voucher markets that operate independently of peer sorting and school capacity constraints.Expert TheoryEducationParental Preference Heterogeneity in School ChoiceMean preference for school test scores ranges from 1.461 to 2.714 among non-lunch recipients compared to 0.102 to 1.444 for lunch recipients. A 1 standard deviation increase in school test score increases choice odds by 331% for white non-lunch elementary families. African American parents face a tradeoff where choosing high-scoring schools requires sacrificing preferences for majority same-race schools, preferring 80% black over 35% black schools by 10% to 70%.Observational Study