TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Free Choice Among Public Schools
AU - Lavy, Victor
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - In this paper, I investigate the impact of a programme in Tel-Aviv, Israel, that terminated an existing inter-district busing integration programme and allowed students free choice among public schools. The identification is based on difference-in-differences and regression discontinuity designs that yield various alternative comparison groups drawn from untreated tangent neighbourhoods and adjacent cities. Across identification methods and comparison groups, the results consistently suggest that choice significantly reduces the drop-out rate and increases the cognitive achievements of high-school students. It also improves behavioural outcomes such as teacher-student relationships and students' social acclimation and satisfaction at school, and reduces the level of violence and classroom disruption.
AB - In this paper, I investigate the impact of a programme in Tel-Aviv, Israel, that terminated an existing inter-district busing integration programme and allowed students free choice among public schools. The identification is based on difference-in-differences and regression discontinuity designs that yield various alternative comparison groups drawn from untreated tangent neighbourhoods and adjacent cities. Across identification methods and comparison groups, the results consistently suggest that choice significantly reduces the drop-out rate and increases the cognitive achievements of high-school students. It also improves behavioural outcomes such as teacher-student relationships and students' social acclimation and satisfaction at school, and reduces the level of violence and classroom disruption.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00588.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2009.00588.x
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AN - SCOPUS:77954051516
SN - 0034-6527
VL - 77
SP - 1164
EP - 1191
JO - Review of Economic Studies
JF - Review of Economic Studies
IS - 3
ER -